The BJP candidate, Balvantsinh Rajput, who lost the Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat recently, today moved the Gujarat High Court against the Election Commission’s decision to invalidate the votes of two rebel Congress MLAs.
Rajput, who quit the Congress ahead of the 8th August election, also contended that votes of two other Congress MLAs should be discounted, and he should be declared winner.
The Election Commission’s decision paved the way for the victory of Congress candidate Ahmed Patel — who got 44 votes, the minimum he needed to win — in the high-stakes electoral battle. Rajput polled 38 votes.
The petition has been listed for hearing on August 21 before the appropriate bench.
The EC had rejected the votes of former Congress MLAs Raghavji Patel and Bholabhai Gohel.
