Gujarat home minister during ’02 riots named UP BJP in charge

However, while Zadaphia’s selection was interpreted as an indication that Hindutva themes such as Ram temple could be a significant part of the BJP campaign, he had fallen out with Narendra Modi when the latter was Gujarat CM and was billed to be a Hindutva strongman. He rebelled against Modi and floated ‘Maha Gujarat Janata Party’ for the 2009 Lok Sabha polls but lost to BJP’s Rajendra Singh Rana by 6,000 votes.