More than 2.5 crore people were eligible to vote in Phase II of the Assembly elections in Gujarat. Under the second phase, voting was held for 93 seats in 14 districts, including Ahmedabad and Vadodara, across north and central regions on Monday. There were 833 candidates in the fray, including high-profile candidates such as Chief … Read more
Supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Dehgam town of Gandhinagar district on November 24, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Elections in Gujarat are usually boisterous, with political parties at daggers drawn. But this time, the campaigning is uncharacteristically muted — largely due to subdued … Read more
Gujarat has been a stronghold of the BJP, where it has been in power for nearly three decades Gujarat has been a stronghold of the BJP, where it has been in power for nearly three decades The BJP on October 10 slammed AAP over a derogatory remark purportedly made by its Gujarat unit chief against … Read more
‘I invited Kejriwal for dinner because I was asked to do so by our union leaders,’ says Vikram Dantani ‘I invited Kejriwal for dinner because I was asked to do so by our union leaders,’ says Vikram Dantani He may have invited Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to his house in Ahmedabad for a much-publicised … Read more
Buoyed by its success in the recent assembly polls in five states, the BJP in Gujarat has set the ball rolling on its preparations for the state elections at the end of the year. Apart from a massive ground outreach to rope in 7.5 million page members to make the BJP organisationally strong, the party … Read more