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'Unknown' parties mushrooming in Gujarat during poll season

Ahmedabad: Armed with out-of-the box manifestos that promise abolition of income tax and unemployment allowance to educated youth, 48 Lok Sabha candidates of 21 lesser known parties have jumped in the poll fray in Gujarat.Some

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: April 15, 2014 16:57 IST
“BNJD is a 14-year-old party being run from Gandhinagar by our president VM Gajera. Our party's mission statement includes abolition of Income Tax, abolition of either toll tax or road tax, reduction in VAT, and reduction in electricity bills,” party candidate from Mehsana Girish Dabhi said.
 
NYP also has a unique agenda. “We registered this party in 2008 and fought elections in Rajasthan and Delhi earlier.  

Our prime motive is to give power to youngsters.

India has 70 per cent youngsters,” state party president Prateek Chavelikar said.

“Big parties take all the work from their young party workers, but, hardly give ticket to them. Thus, we have pitted a college student, Piyush Patel, as our candidate against (veteran BJP leader) L K Advani in Gandhinagar,” he said.  

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