GANDHINAGAR: The BJP on Thursday announced a third candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat . With now four candidates (including Patel) in the ring with three seats, the third slot will have to be settled through preferential votes, something that can keep Patel on tenterhooks more so as more Congress rebel MLAs have started coming out. All three will file the nominations on Friday. Bringing further bad news for Congress, yet another party legislator from Bijapur in North Gujarat too resigned from the party and joined BJP in the presence of Amit Shah, who had reached BJP headquarters here. (With inputs from Our Political Bureau, Delhi)

Source: Economic Times July 27, 2017 13:57 UTC