The BJP has announced Mahesh Gavit, a fairly young face, as its candidate for the by-election to the Lok Sabha seat, which fell vacant following the death of independent MP Mohan Delkar in February this year.Delkar allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself at hotel Sea Green South in Marine Drive area of Mumbai on February 22.Delkar, who had been a member of both the Congress and BJP at different times of his political career, was elected seven times to the Lok Sabha from the Dadra and Nagar Haveli constituency. In 2019, he won the Lok Sabha poll from the seat as an independent candidate.Based on an FIR by his son Abhinav, the Mumbai police had booked incumbent administrator of the Daman & Diu, DNH and Lakshadweep UTs Praful Patel, the then District Magistrate Sandeep Singh, the then Superintendent of Police Sharad Darade, deputy DM Apurva Sharma, sub-divisional officer Manasvi Jain, police inspector Manoj Patel, DNH law secretary Rohit Yadav, BJP leader Fatehsinh Chauhan and Dilip Patel (Talati) for abetment to suicide, criminal intimidation and other sections of the Indian Penal Code as well as under sections of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, on March 10.
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