BJP member, who rescued people after bridge collapse, wins from Morbi

Kantilal Amrutiya, a member of the BJP, won the district by more than 62,000 votes after going viral with videos of him diving into a river to save people after a bridge fell in Morbi. The disaster that occurred in October claimed the lives of almost 130 persons. Notably, he lost the Morbi seat in 2017 but gained it in 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007, and 2012.

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