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The CPM is fielding Sudhir Joshi in Rajkot and Shingji Katara in Dahod. CPM state secretary Arun Mehta explained that the party received a good response in the two areas on the issue of BPL (below poverty line) cards, following which it decided to contest the LS polls. The party had fielded only one candidate in the last General Election in 2004.
Joshi, a CPM veteran, was the leader of opposition in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation in the mid-seventies. Katara has been working on the issue of NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and BPL cards in parts of Dahod district.
The CPI, meanwhile, has fielded Sona Patel from the Bardoli (ST) seat. Patel, a veteran tribal leader in the region, had earlier contested the LS polls in 1999 from the Mandvi constituency, which was renamed Bardoli following the delimitation exercise.
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