Gujarat Congress launches mass contact program to revive dormant party network

Gujarat Congress launches mass contact program to revive dormant party network

Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Gujarat Congress launched a district wise padyatra from Kheda district on August 28 to revive its cadre and reach out to party workers.  As part of the initiative, state leaders including state president Shaktisinh Gohil and Congress legislative party leader Amit Chavda will travel to … Read more

Gujarat Assembly polls live updates | Voting ends for Phase II, turnout at 58.7% as of 5 p.m.

Gujarat Assembly polls live updates | Voting ends for Phase II, turnout at 58.7% as of 5 p.m.

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

Ahead of Assembly poll, Gujarat Congress faces defections, lack of direction from high command

Ahead of Assembly poll, Gujarat Congress faces defections, lack of direction from high command

Congress’s internal organisational election and Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra appear to be the immediate top priority for the party Congress’s internal organisational election and Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra appear to be the immediate top priority for the party it is less than two months before Gujarat faces the Assembly election, but the main … Read more

Hardik Patel likely to quit Congress soon

Hardik Patel likely to quit Congress soon

With his elbow room diminishing, Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel seems set to quit the party. He has removed his party affiliations from his social media biodata as a precursor. Patel gained prominence during Patidar agitation in 2015, and subsequently joined Congress and was appointed the youngest working president of the Gujarat unit of … Read more

Gujarat Congress trying to woo Khodaldham Trust Chief Naresh Patel

Gujarat Congress trying to woo Khodaldham Trust Chief Naresh Patel

With Gujarat polls slated for the yearend, Congress is trying to woo Shree Khodaldham Trust chairman Naresh Patel to lead the party. Patel, an industrialist and an important figure in the Patidar community, heads the trust that built the Khodiyar Mata temple at Kagwad in Saurashtra. Khodiyar Mata is the reigning deity of the Leuva … Read more