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Gujarat: Party Hopping

In a blow to the state Congress, the BJP gets Koli leader Kunwarji Bavalia to cross over.

The Congress party's rising fortunes in the state suffered a big setback on July 3. Sixty-three-year-old Kunwarji Bavalia, an influential Koli leader who helped consolidate the party's position among the Kolis and other OBC voters in Saurashtra, switched sides and joined the BJP. And within hours

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