More than 300 people in villages around Gujarat’s Sanand district have opted for a unique mode to protest against rising attacks on Dalits in the region. The villagers have changed their WhatsApp display picture to that of a logo of a moustache and wrote ‘Mr Dalit’ on it. The ‘virtual’[Read More…]
Just ahead of the Assembly polls in Gujarat, a video of BJP President Amit Shah along with chief minister, Vijay Rupani, BJP Gujarat President Jeetu Bhai Vaghani and Deputy CM and only Patel leader in the cabinet, Nitin Patel from Gujarat has surfaced and making noises. In the video, the[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national chief, Amit Shah, on Sunday flagged off the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’ from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s village Karamsad in a run up to the Gujarat Assembly polls 2017, that is scheduled for December this year. While addressing the public at an event, Shah said that the[Read More…]
The Patidar community leaders seem to have rejected the olive branch extended by the state govt on Wednesday. “The decision by the state govt to withdraw political cases against us is a clear admission that these cases were fake and hurled at us just to weaken the movement. Withdrawing these[Read More…]
Gujarat is all set to go to polls in next few months, thus, political leaders are putting all effort to set their number game right. Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his home constituency; Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi finished his three-day tour to the state on Wednesday. Rahul[Read More…]
Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani, said that the Congress party has no “credible” local leaders so it is relying on party vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, for campaigning for the upcoming assembly elections. He also posed a series of questions to the Congress scion, who is currently touring the state, where assembly[Read More…]
Gujarat deputy chief minister, Nitin Patel, on Wednesday said that the cabinet has decided that the police cases filed against youths during Patidar agitation will be withdrawn. The cabinet held a meeting today to make concrete announcements about the Patidars. “The two announcements likely to be made are the constitution[Read More…]
The overwhelming response received by Rahul Gandhi among the Patidars in Gujarat has got the state government re-think its strategy. Sources say that the Patidar movement leader Hardik Patel could meet Congress Vice President at Rajkot on Wednesday. Possibilities of an open alignment of Patidars with Congress has sent the[Read More…]
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi hit the campaign trail in the Patidar-dominated areas of poll-bound Gujarat with an eye on the support of the influential Patel community. He urged NSUI members, the student wing of the party to work hard to bring the party to power in the state. Taking a[Read More…]
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will interact with dairy farmers, businessman, and entrepreneurs of Gujarat on the second day of his three-day state visit to Gujarat. Gandhi will start his day at 10:15 am with a meeting with workers and supporters at Rampur Patia in Jamnagar district. He will then hold[Read More…]
During a public address in Dwarka in Gujarat, Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday slammed the BJP and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attacked the economy by imposing the GST and the demonetisation on the country. The Congress scion said that the youth of the nation is willing[Read More…]
What looked like a BJP walkthrough three months ago, has taken the shape of an interesting contest now. Inputs from NewsCode team of local news partners in Gujarat say that the Congress Party has returned to reckoning in the state because of two reasons, the election of Ahmed Patel to[Read More…]
The much-awaited first high-speed rail project was finally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Japanese PM began his speech with “Namaskar”. “PM Modi and I will work towards realising ‘Jai Japan- Jai India,’” Abe said. “I would like to state[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Japanese PM is on a two-day visit to India. PM Modi and PM Shinzo Abe also held a roadshow from the Ahmedabad airport and headed towards the Sabarmati[Read More…]
A Gujarat court has summoned BJP president, Amit Shah, as a witness in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case. A special court on Tuesday asked Shah to appear before it on 18 September based on a request by Maya Kodnani, a former BJP minister, who has been awarded life imprisonment[Read More…]
Although the Supreme Court declared the instant triple talaq unconstitutional, seems like it wouldn’t be that easy for the society to shun the practice. A young woman from Juhapura who reunited with her husband hours after he pronounced instant triple talaq, faces social boycott. In fact, the 23-year-old is being[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president, Amit Shah will address the ‘biggest ever town hall’ in the nation in Ahmedabad to launch party’s poll campaign for Gujarat assembly polls in the state. Gujarat BJP has already started substantial marketing drive ahead of the mega town hall programme of Shah. At[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi will be meeting several party workers and district unit presidents during his visit to Ahmedabad on Monday. His meeting is planned in view of the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections. This will be his first public engagement since his return from Norway. During his visit, Gandhi will[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided ‘Garje Gujarat’ as its slogan for Gujarat assembly election 2017. It will be launched soon, said sources. The assembly polls in the state are scheduled to take place in December. On 24 August, BJP president, Amit Shah appointed finance minister, Arun Jaitley as[Read More…]
The Supreme Court has set aside a Gujarat high court order asking the state to pay for the reconstruction and repair work of religious structures shattered during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. However, the bench of Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra and Justice PC Pant said the state government’s scheme[Read More…]
Patidar movement leader, Hardik Patel and his aide Dinesh Bambhania were arrested by the Gujarat Police in a case of alleged robbery and criminal intimidation. The Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrested Patel from the Baroda Express Highway in Anand district. Bambhania was picked up from Rajkot. The duo were taken into[Read More…]
Gujarat Congress has urged central leadership to end all ties with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) after its “betrayal” in the recent Rajya Sabha polls. The state unit is disappointed with NCP after its two lawmakers did not vote for veteran Congress leader, Ahmed Patel despite promises from party chief, Sharad[Read More…]
Although BJP failed to beat senior Congress leader, Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat, the ruling party believes it will win in the Assembly polls with huge margin. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be “the[Read More…]
Soon after tale of women’s hair being chopped off spread in Haryana and Gurgaon, women’s hair in Gujarat has also been chopped off in their sleep. The first incident of a woman’s locks being lopped off was reported on Monday in Mansa. The incident has been reported to the Mansa[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janta Party chief, Amit Shah, asked the party workers to work towards achieving the target of winning 150 of the total 182 seats in Gujarat in the upcoming Assembly polls. He said, “Mission 150” would ensure that the BJP wins three Rajya Sabha seats in the state next[Read More…]