Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat Chief Minister and expelled rebel Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Monday mocked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his ambitious Sardar Patel’s “Statue of Unity” project dubbing it a “marketing gimmick” and asked him to first unite the CBI and the RBI. The Prime Minister is slated[Read More…]
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Three months after joining, Shankersinh Vaghela’ son quits BJP
AHMEDABAD: Barely three months after he joined the BJP, Mahendrasinh Vaghela, son of former Gujarat Congress strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, resigned from the ruling party on Thursday. In a letter to Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani, Vaghela said he was resigning due to some “personal reasons”. Mahendrasinh Vaghela, who represented Bayad seat[Read More…]
Shankersinh Vaghela’s son Mahendrasinh quits BJP
Gandhinagar: Less than four months after joining the BJP, Mahendrasinh Vaghela, the son of former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela, on Thursday quit the saffron party on personal grounds. Mahendrasinh Vaghela, a former Congress MLA from Bayad, quit the Congress following his father’s exit from the grand old party prior[Read More…]
Battleground Gujarat: The game is on!
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…]
Vaghela joins ‘Jan Vikalp’ launched by his supporters
Former Congress leader, Shankersinh Vaghela, on Tuesday, joined ‘Jan Vikalp’, a party formed by his supporters. It was launched by his supporters, with hoardings and an online media campaign. Launched on 5 September, Jan Vikalp, is likely to remain active throughout the election season. The website, www.Janvikalp.in states that the people of[Read More…]
Ahmed Patel is losing, have not voted him, says Shankersinh Vaghela
Rebel leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Tuesday twisted the knife by commenting he hadn’t voted for Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha election. “When Congress is not winning, what was the point in voting for Ahmed Patel? I haven’t voted for Ahmed Patel,” quoted ANI. Jab Cong jeetne waali hai hi[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…]