Bypolls are due in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Modhwadia emphasised that he was not joining the BJP due to any coercion or allurement as claimed by the Congress.
'The people of Gujarat understood this a long time ago and has since been rejecting the party and its programmes.'
The Gujarat Congress has recommended the names of two leaders for the high-profile Gandhinagar seat to take on Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate and sitting Member of Parliament L K Advani in the coming Lok Sabha polls.
Party's state unit chiefs of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat were also detained along with the workers during the protests.
All top ten candidates belong to the BJP.
These are the 25 seats to watch out for as Gujarat goes to the polls over two phases on December 1 and 5.
Modi and Shah addressed rallies away from the four major urban centres of Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot.
In 2014 too, the Congress had lost all the 26 seats in Gujarat.
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