Gujarat Elections: Defect, Detect
THE WEEK|March 24, 2019

The Congress, which has been losing MLAs to the BJP, has its task cut out ahead of the Lok Sabha polls

Nandini Oza
Gujarat Elections: Defect, Detect

Ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting on March 12, the Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in Ahmedabad was buzzing with activity. Last-minute preparations were on at the party headquarters, with workers busy pasting posters on vehicles and, perhaps, sweeping the defection of its MLAs to the BJP under the carpet. The mood in the party was upbeat; the CWC was meeting in Gujarat for the first time since 1961. Also, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra chose the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for her first election rally as Congress general secretary.

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