Like Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may announce its chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat, and given the caste calculations, sources say it could be a Patel. Gujarat deputy chief minister Nitin Patel is being considered an ideal CM candidate for the BJP which seems to be working out ways to woo the Patel voters. Be it Keshubhai Patel, Anandiben Patel or Nitin Patel, the BJP has been accused of relegating Patel leaders to second-rung positions in the party. NITIN PATEL LEADING THE RACEIt is therefore important that the BJP announces a Patel as its CM candidate ahead of the first phase of voting in Gujarat. ALSO WATCH: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani heard in video: The situation is bad

Source: India Today November 30, 2017 11:44 UTC