Paresh Rawal. File | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran actor Paresh Rawal on December 2 apologised for his statement linking gas cylinders, Bengalis and fish during a campaign speech in Gujarat, saying his reference was to illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. The apology came after a huge backlash from the Bengali community and some others on social … Read more
Hardik Patel (second from right), the face of Patidar quota agitation and former working president of the Gujarat Congress was also considered a turncoat for this analysis, though he never contested in polls before | Photo Credit: PTI Ten per cent of candidates fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2022 Gujarat polls … Read more
The AAP leader says he will visit every household in Varachha Road Assembly constituency to seek votes The AAP leader says he will visit every household in Varachha Road Assembly constituency to seek votes The slogans “ Eek moko AAP ne panchi jovo Gujarat me” (Give AAP a chance and then see the transformation in … Read more
There will be over 51,000 polling stations in Gujarat for the upcoming Assembly elections There will be over 51,000 polling stations in Gujarat for the upcoming Assembly elections Voting for the Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and December 5, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Thursday. The counting … Read more
Having appointed Bhupendra Patel, a Patidar as the chief minister of Gujarat, the upcoming challenge for the BJP would be to build confidence among other communities, particularly the OBCs who form a significant chunk of the state’s voter base. The party, in the run-up to the 2022 assembly polls, has to work to not only … Read more
GANDHINAGAR: The BJP in Gujarat will thoroughly scan social media accounts of ticket-seekers in the upcoming local body elections on their success in enrolling page committee members and for their commitment to movements like the Ram Janmabhoomi temple. BJP state functionaries told ET the party decided to scan the Twitter and Facebook handles of prospective … Read more