SP changes mind, now Akhilesh to contest from Kannauj

When the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha from Surat on Monday, he became the first candidate to achieve the feat from Gujarat since its formation 64 years ago though the erstwhile state of Saurashtra saw a similar instance in 1951. IMAGE: BJP Gujarat chief C R Paatil with the party's first-ever MP to be elected unopposed, Mukesh Dalal. Photograph: ANI Photo This was also the first time that a candidate of the BJP, formed in April ...