Ahmedabad, April 23 -- Before the Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat on May 7 could commence, Mukesh Dalal, the BJP candidate from Surat, has already secured victory. This came after nominations of two Congress candidates were cancelled on Sunday, and Monday, and eight other candidates withdrew their candidature. "Surat has offered the first lotus to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congratulations to Surat Lok Sabha candidate Mukeshbhai Dalal for being elected unopposed," Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil said on X (formerly Twitter). The nomination filing for Gujarat, which goes for elections in the third phase, was held from April 15 to April 19 and April 22 was the last date for withdrawing candidature....