Gujarat Election With Times: Why coastal Gujarat and Koli-Patel vote is key for BJP.While much political attention has been focused on the Patidar agitation and Saurashtra, coastal Gujarat and the Koli vote is equally crucial for BJP's fortunes in this election. Kolis are a fishermen community in Saurashtra and south Gujarat who account for 12-13% of Gujarat's voters and have been a part of BJP's core base for the past few polls. Election With Times travels to coastal Gujarat for a ground report on the Koli factor and Gujarat's fishermen in Episode 10. |
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