Earlier, the Patidars were a vote bank of the Congress. They shifted their allegiance to BJP in the 1990s after the Congress focused on the...

2022 Gujarat Assembly polls are likely to be one of the toughest for the opposition Congress as it is facing a dual challenge of defeating ...

The BJP has reworked its strategy to retain Gujarat, a party stronghold where polls are due by 2022-end, and if it succeeds in achieving th...

But the organisational network created by the grand old party during the freedom struggle was so robust that it continues to sustain it eve...

It is learnt that Hardik's entry to the BJP is being worked at the party's highest level with an active nudge from the top RSS brass, who s...

At the root of the success of the Congress formula of KHAM (Kshatriya-Harijan-Adivasi-Muslim) in 1985 was this caste conflict.

Hopefully Modi government will move past Gujarat, GST and demonetisation to focus on making sure our economy vaults over the New India bar.

Despite the contradictions that exist between them — like the Patidar vs OBC rivalry — they have so far batted in unison to overcome the “b...

Vijay Kella, chairman of the Gujarat Congress' relief committee, said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi meets only a handful of people and ...

With Hardik, Thakor & Mewani posing new challenges, party may feel the need to field fresh faces in many constituencies

Thrust of this campaign is likely to be distinctly different from previous assembly polls held after Modi assumed office, including the jus...

Congress has been working on reviving its 1980s KHAM (Kshatriya Harijan Adivasi Muslim) formula, even while wooing Patidars subtly.

Solanki was appointed in the aftermath of Congress’ rout in Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and was mandated to galvanise the party for 2017 st...

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi may find the going tough for the upcoming assembly elections as his predecessor Keshubhai Patel is mobilising poli...

Anand is also the land from where caste entered Gujarat politics in a big way.

Mandakini Pamar is out campaigning for her husband, Paranjayadityasinji Pamar, who is the Congress candidate for the Santrampur assembly co...