Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia, who was cross-examined by assistant solicitor general Devang Vyas at the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, stated that the 44 MLAs were taken to Bengaluru before the 2017 Rajya Sabha polls for a “training camp”, organised by the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC).
Modhwadia’s deposition was in relation to an election petition by BJP leader and then Rajya Sabha candidate, Balwant Singh Rajput, who lost the election to senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel. Rajput has challenged Patel’s win in the 2017 Rajya Sabha polls, owing to undue influence exerted by Patel. Patel had won with a narrow margin against Rajput, who was earlier a Congress leader, and switched sides just before the Rajya Sabha election after getting a BJP ticket to contest the RS poll.