Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) joins hand with BJP

Barring senior leader and former CM Suresh Mehta, almost the entire GPP organisation endorsed Zadaphia’s decision in a one-line resolution, empowering him to take the stand on the merger. Welcoming GPP into the BJP fold, Faldu said GPP would melt into it like “sugar in milk”.

Zadaphia, on his part, justified the merger, which was taken against the wishes of some leaders, by saying one-third membership was enough to ratify the decision. Zadaphia said that Suresh Mehta had excused himself from attending the GPP meeting, in which the merger was finalised.