Ahead of the Gujarat elections in December, rebels from both the BJP and the Congress are coming to the fore against the parties' choice of candidates. Congress workers vandalized the office. Two BJP workers have also expressed their anger against the party. BJP Rebel MLA Satish Patel who been denied a ticket. A six-time MLA who last won on the BJP ticket from Gujarat's Waghodia segment, Madhubhai Shrivastav, has decided to contest as an Independent after the ruling party decided not to re-nominate him. The Congress and the BJP say that such incidents happen before every election.