The Gujarat Congress will issue a whip, asking all its sitting MLAs to remain present for the July 5 Rajya Sabha bypolls and vote for the two party candidates in the fray, a spokesperson said July 1. State Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said the whip will be issued in the days to come and communicated to each of the 71 party MLAs through emails and also registered posts.
The bypolls in Gujarat will be held for the two vacant Rajya Sabha seats where the main opposition party is pitted against the ruling BJP in a straight fight. Though the the party is at loggerheads with its disgruntled MLA Alpesh Thakor and has even knocked the doors of the Gujarat High Court for his disqualification, he, too, will be issued the whip, he said.