For Gujarat Polls, Congress Leader's 'Final Over Of Cricket' Analogy
NDTV
After winning 77 seats in the 2017 Assembly polls and restricting the BJP to 99, the Congress saw 14 of its MLAs exit the party, leaving it with 63 legislators in the 182-member House.
The opposition Congress is likely to field most of its sitting MLAs in the high-stakes Gujarat Assembly polls, a senior leader said on Tuesday and used a cricket match analogy to describe the electoral contest as the "last and final over" for the party.
He said Congress will take into confidence those MLAs who are required to be replaced with new candidates.
"I take this as my responsibility to ensure that all the candidates who have raised the voice of the people of Gujarat in the Legislative Assembly with me and highlighted their plight are repeated as candidates and get tickets to contest the elections," Leader of Opposition Sukhram Rathava told reporters.
After winning 77 seats in the 2017 Assembly polls and restricting the BJP to 99, the Congress saw 14 of its MLAs exit the party, leaving it with 63 legislators in the 182-member House.
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