Declare Bhupendrasinh Chudasama’s seat vacant: Paresh Dhanani to Assembly speaker

“…In view of the stated order, 58-Dholka assembly constituency seat of Gujarat Legislative Assembly is required to be declared vacant forthwith and without any delay and hence I have to request you to do so immediately. It may be noted that Gujarat High Court has declined to stay the order passed by it and hence it has become operational with immediate effect i.e from 12/05/2020, (sic),” read the letter by Dhanani.

Chudasama, who holds charge of multiple departments, including education, law and justice, legislative and parliamentary affairs in the state government, was elected from Dholka seat back in 2017 assembly elections by defeating Congress candidate Ashwin Rathod with a narrow margin of 327 votes. Rathod had alleged various malpractices on behalf of Chudasama to allegedly win the elections and had approached the high court.