Notable Shift: BJP Opts Out Of Co-Op Polls After Infighting In Gujarat Unit

THE rise in BJP's influence in Gujarat is traced to its collaboration with the state's cooperative sector. Ironically, the sector, which has historically kept Congress at bay in the state for three decades, is now challenging the party's dominance.

- DILIP SINGH KSHATRIYA

The BJP recently received a setback when its candidate was defeated in the election for the IFFCO director. In elections on Wednesday of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd, BJP chose not to back any candidate. Eventually, Mohan Kundariya, a former two-term MP from Rajkot and now ousted from his seat, emerged victorious as a director.