AHMEDABAD: Out of the 52 candidates fielded by main contenders BJP and Congress in Gujarat, 25 are not even graduates, while in one seat the most qualified nominee, a doctor, is pitted against a Class 5 dropout.<\/p>\n
As per details furnished by candidates in their nomination forms, BJP’s Surendranagar seat nominee Mahendra Munjpara holds a doctorate degree in general medicine while his main rival, Congress’ Soma Patel, dropped out of school after Class 5.<\/p>\n
Mr Munjpara is contesting the Lok Sabha polls for the first time, while Soma Patel is a three-term MP, who also won the 2017 state Assembly election from Limbdi.<\/p>\n
Out of the 25 non-graduates, 14 have been nominated by the BJP and 11 by the Congress.<\/p>\n
Among these 25, four of the Congress and one of the BJP did not complete their matriculation.<\/p>\n
BJP’s sitting MP Kirit Solanki, who is again contesting from Ahmedabad (West) seat, its Valsad seat nominee KC Patel and Congress’ Bardoli seat candidate Tushar Chaudhary hold MBBS degrees.<\/p>\n
Two candidates, Parbat Patel and Bharatsinh Dabhi, contesting on BJP’s ticket from Banaskantha and Patan seats, respectively, are lawyers.<\/p>\n
Besides, BJP’s Mitesh Patel and Congress’ Bharatsinh Solanki, both contesting from the Anand seat, are qualified engineers.<\/p>\n
BJP’s Kheda seat nominee Devusinh Chauhan and Bardoli candidate Prabhu Vasava also hold engineering degrees.<\/p>\n
BJP’s Panchmahal seat nominee Ratansinh Rathod and Dahod candidate Jaswantsinh Bhabhor are B.Ed (Bachelor in Education) degree holders.<\/p>\n
Besides, two candidates of the BJP and five of the Congress are commerce graduates.<\/p>\n
As per the nomination forms, BJP’s Bhavnagar candidate Bhartiben Siyal holds a BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic<\/p>\n
Medicine and Surgery) degree while Congress’ candidate from the same seat, Manhar Patel, has done a diploma in agriculture.<\/p>\n
Lok Sabha elections for 26 seats in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on April 23.
\nTotal 573 candidates have filed their nominations in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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