Senior Gujarat Congress MLA and prominent Koli community leader Kunwarji Bavalia on Tuesday resigned as the party legislator and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is set to get a berth in the Vijay Rupani government. After handing over his papers to Gujarat assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi, Bawalia, a four-time MLA from Jasdan constituency in Rajkot district, reached the BJP’s state headquarters ‘Shree Kamalam’ where he was formally inducted into the party by state unit president Jitu Vaghani. Bavalia had met Congress president Rahul Gandhi less than a fortnight back to express his unhappiness over the state of affairs in Gujarat under the young leadership, including president Amit Chavda and leader of opposition Paresh Dhanani.

Senior Gujarat Congress MLA and prominent Koli community leader Kunwarji Bavalia on Tuesday resigned as the party legislator and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is set to get a berth in the Vijay Rupani government. After handing over his papers to Gujarat assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi, Bawalia, a four-time MLA from Jasdan constituency in Rajkot district, reached the BJP’s state headquarters ‘Shree Kamalam’ where he was formally inducted into the party by state unit president Jitu Vaghani. Bavalia had met Congress president Rahul Gandhi less than a fortnight back to express his unhappiness over the state of affairs in Gujarat under the young leadership, including president Amit Chavda and leader of opposition Paresh Dhanani.