<p>Ahmedabad: The opposition Congress has announced Ramesh Chavda and Nitin Ranpariya as its candidates from Kadi and Visavadar assembly constituencies, respectively, for the upcoming bypolls to the two seats in Gujarat.</p>.<p>Chavda is a former Congress MLA from Kadi assembly seat in Mehsana district.</p>.<p>Ranpariya, who had served as a member of the Junagadh district panchayat, is fighting the assembly election for the first time.</p>.Gujarat bypolls: BJP fields Rajendra Chavda in Kadi, Kiritbhai Patel in Visavadar.<p>The ruling BJP has fielded Rajendra Chavda from Kadi and Kiritbhai Patel from Visavadar for the June 19 bypolls.</p>.<p>It will be a three-pronged fight in these seats as Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has already fielded Jagdish Chavda from Kadi and Gopal Italia from Visavadar.</p>.<p>The Scheduled Caste-reserved Kadi seat fell vacant following the demise of BJP MLA Karsanbhai Solanki on February 4.</p>.<p>The Visavadar seat fell vacant after AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani resigned in December 2023. He later joined the ruling BJP.</p>.<p>Monday is the last day for filing nominations, and the counting of votes will take place on June 23.</p>.<p>In the 182-member Gujarat assembly, the BJP has 161 legislators, Congress has 12 and AAP has four, while one seat is with the Samajwadi Party and two are with independents. </p>
<p>Ahmedabad: The opposition Congress has announced Ramesh Chavda and Nitin Ranpariya as its candidates from Kadi and Visavadar assembly constituencies, respectively, for the upcoming bypolls to the two seats in Gujarat.</p>.<p>Chavda is a former Congress MLA from Kadi assembly seat in Mehsana district.</p>.<p>Ranpariya, who had served as a member of the Junagadh district panchayat, is fighting the assembly election for the first time.</p>.Gujarat bypolls: BJP fields Rajendra Chavda in Kadi, Kiritbhai Patel in Visavadar.<p>The ruling BJP has fielded Rajendra Chavda from Kadi and Kiritbhai Patel from Visavadar for the June 19 bypolls.</p>.<p>It will be a three-pronged fight in these seats as Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has already fielded Jagdish Chavda from Kadi and Gopal Italia from Visavadar.</p>.<p>The Scheduled Caste-reserved Kadi seat fell vacant following the demise of BJP MLA Karsanbhai Solanki on February 4.</p>.<p>The Visavadar seat fell vacant after AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani resigned in December 2023. He later joined the ruling BJP.</p>.<p>Monday is the last day for filing nominations, and the counting of votes will take place on June 23.</p>.<p>In the 182-member Gujarat assembly, the BJP has 161 legislators, Congress has 12 and AAP has four, while one seat is with the Samajwadi Party and two are with independents. </p>