Rajkot LS seat to remain BJP fortress despite anti-Rupala stir by Rajputs: AnalystsDespite Rupala's apology, the Kshatriyas, also called Rajputs, see his remarks as an insult to them and have asked the BJP to withdraw his ...
Congress leader Paresh Dhanani to run against BJP's Parshottam RupalaThe announcement assumes significance given his rivalry of more than two decades with Rupala and considering he had been reluctant to conte...
Bhupendra Patel, soft-spoken face of BJP in Gujarat, is CM for second straight termPatel was sworn in as CM in Gandhinagar on Monday at a ceremony attended by PM Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders, including Union ministers...
Who is Bhupendra Patel, BJP's returning Chief Minister for Gujarat?A dedicated party worker, who made his way up in the state politics from the municipality level, Patel was a surprise choice for the top po...
Bhupendra Patel set to retain CM's chair after BJP sweeps Gujarat pollsWhen the BJP decided to replace Vijay Rupani and bring in a Patel community face as the chief minister, Patel emerged the winner, leaving o...
Gujarat Elections 2022: 2017 polls saw Patidars drifting away from BJP. Their voting patterns will be crucial this timeEarlier, the Patidars were a vote bank of the Congress. They shifted their allegiance to BJP in the 1990s after the Congress focused on the...
Ahead of Assembly polls, Gujarat Congress takes out rally to woo Patidar communityIn 2017, the opposition Congress had won 30 out of 54 Assembly seats in Saurashtra. The Congress is now confident of winning 125 out of the...
Farmers cost BJP more than reservation-seeking PatidarsFailure of the Vijay Rupani government to honour its word on minimum support price for cotton and groundnuts may have been the reason.
The day of the Patidars: Why their votes matter in Gujarat electionFor the first time, Patidar voters are split between the Congress and the BJP. Hardik Patel enjoys the support of a lot of young Patels, an...
Older Patels stick to BJP, Modi, say they will convince youngstersThe handling of the quota stir has divided the Patels who have backed the BJP for long and the party has roped in community leaders to conv...
BJP 1st candidate list shows party cautious about PatelsBJP announced candidates for only 70 of the 182 seats that go to polls in the two phases on December 9 and 14. It is reportedly waiting for...
Shankersinh Vaghela may match tickets with Congress nominees’ casteCongress has reasons to believe Vaghela has two or three candidates for each seat to contest on the ‘Tractor’ symbol he has borrowed from a...
Rajkot by-polls prestigious issue: Chief Minister Anandi PatelShe was referring to Mangrol and Khambhalia seats in the Saurashtra region, which the BJP lost to the Congress in the September by-polls.
Lok Sabha polls 2014: It's 'Kadva' versus 'Koli' on Rajkot seat in GujaratRiding on the 'Modi wave' in Rajkot Lok Sabha seat of Gujarat, the BJP has dared to gamble once again by giving ticket to Kadva Patel commu...
With Amit Shah out, Anandiben Patel leads an all Patel race for Narendra Modi’s successor in GujaratPatel is the de-facto second-in-command in state government if at all the present monolithic structure permits a second power centre.
Leuva Patels' vote will be crucial for Narendra Modi, Keshubhai PatelBoth Cong & BJP know the importance of Leuvas & hence both parties have liberally given tickets to candidates representing this community.
- Leuva Patels could give tough time to Modi in polls
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is likely to find himself in choppy sea in coming assembly elections as the Patidars is sharply divided this time.