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Gujarat key seats: Amit Shah in Gandhinagar, Mandaviya in PorbandarIn the upcoming elections, all eyes are on the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, where Union Minister Amit Shah is contesting to retai...
Gujarat: After staying away from BJP in 2017, Patidars back ruling party to the hilt in 2022 pollsIn the Saurashtra region, the Congress had won Patidar-dominated seats of Morbi, Tankara, Dhoraji and Amreli, among others in 2017. However...
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...
Gujarat polls: In three-cornered fight, Patidars hold key to power as their anger against BJP appears to be waningWhile political analysts believe that most Patidars will vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party this time, former quota stir leaders think tha...
AAP, tribal protests make it harder for BJP to retain dominance in south GujaratOf the 89 seats where elections will be held in the first phase of the Gujarat polls on December 1, as many as 35 seats are spread across t...
Rahul Gandhi's first rally on Monday in Saurashtra belt where Congress won big in 2017 pollsThe Nehru-Gandhi family scion will take a break from his Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is passing through Maharashtra, to address a rally. The C...
AAP bets on Patidar sentiment to make an impact in GujaratAAP by far has been the most aggressive in the campaign, with its national convener Arvind Kejriwal personally attending as many as 52 even...
AAP declares 12 more candidates for Gujarat polls; Alpesh Kathiriya to contest from SuratRahul Bhuva and Dinesh Joshi have been given the tickets for Rajkot East and Rajkot West seats respectively, while Bhimabhai Makwana has be...
Kejriwal starts Aam Aadmi Party's Gujarat campaign on the first day of NavaratriKejriwal, who is on a two-day visit to Ahmedabad, had earlier visited Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in the morning along with Mann and paid homag...
Brand new ministers take oath in Gujarat; none from team RupaniWhile the swearing-in ceremony was delayed by a day due to resistance from some members of the Rupani Cabinet, the BJP high command ensured...
Gujarat Congress didn't give me any work in local body polls; even opinion not sought: Hardik PatelGujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel on Sunday slammed the functioning of the state unit after the party's humiliating defeat in...
AAP bags 27 seats in Surat municipal polls, Congress fails to open accountThe results are a boost for AAP which is looking to increase its footprint outside Delhi.
Gujarat polls: 68% voting recorded in first phase of electionsThe voting percentage may go up and touch last year's figure of 70.7 per cent when the final figures come, the Election Commission said.
Can Congress breach urban BJP stronghold of 'diamond city' Surat?Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited the city twice last month to understand the plight of those who were "hit by GST and note ban".
BJP sends Rupala to woo angry Patidars in VarachhaUnion minister of state for agriculture Parshottam Rupala addressed a public meeting in the sensitive Yogi Chowk of Varachha.
Why GST is a relatively small poll issue for Surat's tradersTraders in Surat are more likely to be swayed away from the BJP by the Patidar quota issue than by the “temporary” impact of GST.
Two buses torched in Surat by pro-quota protestersTo bring the situation under control, police used lathi-charge and also detained around 10 persons, said a control room official.
PM Narendra Modi to launch slew of projects during Gujarat visitThe PM, during his visit, will inaugurate a cattle feed plant in Tapi district. He will also dedicate a trust-run hospital project worth Rs...
Will Surat prove to be the Achilles' Heel for BJP in Gujarat?The Patidar dominated city has been simmering with discontent for a long time and efforts were made to enflame the resentments even during ...
'Pistol garland' for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's statue puts DG Vanzara in Patel line of fireVanzara was on a day's visit on the invitation of Jaher Nagrik Sanman Samiti, an organisation of his and rape-accused religious preacher As...