Ahmedabad: Four of the six Congress turncoat legislators in Gujarat who had bagged BJP tickets lost at the hustings, while some of the Congress’ prominent state leaders, including Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhvadia, lost. Of the Congress turncoats, Tejashree Patel lost from Viramgam by about 6,500 votes to Lakhabhai Bharwad; Mansinh[Read More…]
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Gujarat polls: Congress’s second list of 13 nominees has four replacements
The Congress on Monday released a second list of 13 candidates for the first phase of Gujarat elections scheduled on December 9, including four new contestants in place of candidates announced earlier. The party has now fielded Bhikhabhai Joshi in place of Amit Thummar in Junagarh, Jaish Patel instead of[Read More…]
Gujarat’s reality is different than what BJP says: Rahul Gandhi
With slogans of “Jai Sardar, Jai Patidar”, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday evening stormed into the Patidar-dominated Varachha area here in the diamond hub asserting that the “satya” of Gujarat and that of the BJP were two different things. He also promised to come here again on November[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly election: Sharad Yadav to alliance with Congress
The separated faction of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) will contest the Gujarat assembly election in coalition with the Congress, said its leader Sharad Yadav. He also urged for a “minimum division” among opposition parties as they take on the ruling BJP. Yadav told that he talked to Congress vice-president,[Read More…]