When asked about the reason for his decision, Solanki alleged public dissatisfaction due to harassment by anti-social elements in the Kodinar area. (Image source: @INCGujarat/X)

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CITING “public dissatisfaction due to harassment by anti-social elements”, former BJP MLA from Kodinar and prominent political face in Saurashtra J D Solanki returned to the Congress a little over a year before the assembly elections are due in Gujarat.

The move came at a meeting of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress held in Rajkot on Thursday in the presence of several national and state Congress leaders, including the party’s state in-charge Randeep Surjewala.

Solanki, who also served as a Parliamentary Secretary in the Government of Gujarat, joined the BJP and won Kodinar in 2012. However, in 2017, he resigned and also relinquished other positions he held.…