Vadodara: Once again Vadodara MP, Ranjan Bhatt, came under the scanner for entering the counting centre without a pass. Bhatt along with MLA Manisha Vakil and former state general secretary were stopped by police after they got through the gates of Polytechnic college. After a minor argument, they returned to the tent set up by the party across the road outside the counting centre. On the day of election, too, Bhatt was asked by election officials to leave as she entered the polling centre at Nutan Vidyalaya on Sama-Savli Road without a pass. The atmosphere outside the counting centre at Polytechnic college was all saffron, as one after the other victorious BJP panels emerged from inside.
Hundreds of BJP supporters had gathered outside the polling centre and every time BJP’s victory was announced on the loudspeaker, it was greeted with loud cheers of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. Supporters of winning candidates brought them out to the road on their shoulders only to be welcomed by hundreds of others with garlands, firecrackers and dhol beats.