A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday acquitted Congress legislator Jignesh Mevani and 30 others in a 2017 case of obstructing a train as a mark of protest against the state government’s policies. The court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate P N Goswami acquitted Dalit leader Mevani and others after giving them the benefit of … Read more
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
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 legislator Jignesh Mevani Monday alleged that his arrest by the Assam Police was a pre-planned conspiracy “designed” by the Prime Minister’s Office to “destroy” him ahead of the assembly elections in the state. “My arrest is an act of 56-inch cowardice and it has undermined Gujarat’s pride,” Mevani told reporters in an apparent attack … Read more