Gujarat BJP names two candidates for RS

Though several persons were in the race, the BJP finally chose Lalit Mehta, chairman of BJP’s state unit disciplinery action committee, and Savitaben Sharda, former mayor of Surat.

Till Monday, the name of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd Chairman C R Patil was doing the rounds. According to party sources, the group loyal to Union Textile Minister Kashiram Rana scuttled Patil’s name and that is how Savitaben Sharda’s name popped up.