The Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill proposing to hike the salaries of legislators, Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Leader of Opposition by at least Rs 45,000 a month. The monthly salary of the MLAs will be increased to Rs 1.16 lakh from the existing Rs 70,727, a[Read More…]
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Ashwin Kotwal appointed Congress’ new chief whip in the Gujarat assembly
Gandhinagar: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday appointed Ashwin Kotwal the party’s new chief whip in the Gujarat assembly. A three-term legislator from Khedbrahma, Kotwal was made the deputy whip under Amit Chavda after the December 2017 assembly elections when the party bagged a significant 77 seats. With Chavda given[Read More…]
Gujarat MLAs clash over Asaram ashram deaths
Gandhinagar: Lawmakers in the Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday came to blows when Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani raised the matter of the deaths of two children in the Asaram ashram in 2008 in Sabarmati. The ruckus led to the House being adjourned shortly after Question Hour by Speaker Rajendra Trivedi till[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…]
Gujarat Assembly budget session to commence today
The last Budget session of the 13th Gujarat Assembly will start from Monday. The session is likely to be tempestuous with the opposition raising issues like the Patidar reservation agitation, the Naliya “gangrape” case and alleged police brutality on the farmers in Sanand. The session is also significant as[Read More…]