In Gujarat, the BJP has dropped more than a dozen sitting MPs, including Ministers Darshna Jordosh and Mahendra Munjapara, for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Two Cabinet Ministers, Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala, whose Rajya Sabha terms end in April, find a place on the candidate list instead.
The ruling party has fielded Mr. Mandaviya from the Porbandar seat in the place of Ramesh Dhaduk and Mr. Rupala from Rajkot in the place of Mohan Kundariya. With Mr. Mandaviya hailing from Bhavnagar and Mr. Rupala from Amteli, both candidates were considered outsiders.
The seats from where the sitting MPs have been dropped include Ahmedabad West, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Chhota Udepur; Amareli, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Valsad, Porbandar, Vadodara and Surat.
