Prime Minister Narendra Modi has encouraged people to turn out in record numbers in the Gujarat’s assembly polls and particularly urged the youngsters to cast their votes. The first of the two-phase polls in the state began at 8 a.m. on Saturday across 89 constituencies spread out in the 19[Read More…]
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Gujarat assembly polls: EVM, VVPAT glitches mark 10% polling
Visible enthusiasm among voters marked the first phase of Gujarat election on Saturday as large queues lined up outside 24,689 polling booths. The Election Commission said it received several complaints against malfunctioning EVMs and VVPATs, while the Model Code of Conduct was also violated at a few places. In the[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly polls: Polling begins today across 89 constituencies in 19 districts
The first of Gujarat’s two-phase assembly polls began on Saturday across 89 constituencies spread out in the 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and southern regions. A total of 977 candidates are in the fray from Kutch, Morbi, Jamnagar, Surendranagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Rajkot, Botad, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Gir Somnath, Bhavnagar, Bharuch,[Read More…]
People aspiring to win Gujarat wiped out in UP: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday took a dig at the Congress and said the party which was daydreaming of winning the Gujarat Assembly polls has failed to even open an account in the UP municipal corporation polls. “Jo gujarat jeetne ka sapna dekh rahe hain unka yahan[Read More…]
Gujarat polls: Nitish Kumar not to campaign for JD-U
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is also the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) President, will not campaign for his party’s candidates in the Gujarat assembly polls. The party has decided to send its 20 star campaigners minus Nitish Kumar to Gujarat, a JD-U leader said on Saturday. The JD-U, an ally[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly polls: Gohil, Modhwadia in Congress’ first list
Senior Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhwadia figure in the party’s first list of 77 candidates for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections on December 9. As per the list finalised by the Congress’ Central Election Committee on Sunday, senior leader and sitting MLA from Abdasa, Shaktisinh Gohil,[Read More…]
Rahul takes dig at Modi, Congress demands Rupani’s removal
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a report that market watchdog Sebi had imposed penalties on several entities, including Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s family, for “manipulative trade”, while the party demanded that Rupani must resign. “Na khaunga[Read More…]
Gujarat Assembly polls: Shiv Sena to contest on its own
Thumbing its nose at ally Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena plans to contest between 50-60 seats in the Gujarat Assembly polls on its own, a senior party official said here on Thursday. A high-level team of the party, led by Gujarati Wing Coordinator and senior municipal corporator from Oshiwara[Read More…]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to visit Gujarat today
Amid efforts by Congress to seek the support of Patidar agitation leader, Hardik Patel ahead of Gujarat assembly elections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on Wednesday and address a series of corner meetings in Bharuch and Surat districts. The visit comes two days after Hardik Patel[Read More…]
Gujarat Assembly polls 2017: Rahul Gandhi to begin his three-day visit today
Congress Vice-President, Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day visit to Gujarat on Monday, a day when the Election Commission of India (ECI) may broadcast the poll schedule for crucial Gujarat Assembly polls 2017. He will address a rally arranged by Alpesh Thakore, the President of OBC, SC, ST Ekta Manch[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly polls: Amit Shah flags off ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’
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…]
Amit Shah will address biggest ever Townhall to kick-start Gujarat poll campaign
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…]
Ahmed Patel dares PM Modi and Amit Shah, says Congress will win Gujarat assembly polls
After winning Rajya Sabha polls, senior Congress leader, Ahmed Patel on Thursday has said that it was BJP that made the contest a ‘prestige issue.’ He also looked confidence that his party would win Gujarat assembly polls due later this year. Patel, who won Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat said,[Read More…]
Fresh jolt to Congress as two more MLAs resign from Gujarat assembly
After Congress veteran leader in Gujarat Shankersinh Vaghela tendered his resignation from the party few days ago, Congress suffered another jolt in Gujarat on Friday as two of its MLAs- Mansingh Chouhan and Chhanabhai Chaudhary quit the party. This development came just a day after Balwantsinh Rajput, Tejashree Patel and Prahlad Patel[Read More…]
Congress to project a Patidar leadership in Gujarat
Post Rahul Gandhi’s Gujarat visit, the congress party has decided to go full blast with the Patidar card in the Gujarat election. AICC Secretary and MLA from Amreli, Paresh Dhanani is all said to be elevated as the leader of the Congress legislative party in Gujarat. The position is currently[Read More…]
BJP may seek early polls in Gujarat: Reports
Buoyed by its landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls, the BJP govt is mulling over the option of preponing Gujarat assembly polls scheduled to be held in December this year. “The possibility of early elections is being examined by the party leadership. There is a sense that[Read More…]