AAP retains Bilothi seat in Netrang Taluka panchayat

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The BJP is ruling the Netrang Taluka Panchayat (TP) seat, with the support of a lone Congress candidate. The AAP candidate from the Bilothi seat in Netrang TP, Gunvant Vasava (62), defeated the BJP and Congress and won by a margin of 798 votes. It saw a direct contest between the AAP’s Praveen Vasava, BJP candidate Kantilal Vasava and Congress’s Ranjeet Vasava. The BJP leaders reached out to Congress candidate Naynaben Prajapati and got her support to retain power in Netrang TP. Netrang Taluka Development Officer Harish Patel said, “Both AAP and BJP has equal number of winning candidates.