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Gujarat Congress leaders face heat over caste politicsThe Congress party in Gujarat is grappling with a rising trend of identity politics among its local leaders, causing concern among ground-l...
Gujarat: Caste and region balance evident in new Bhupendra Patel cabinetNearly 12 districts have found representation in the cabinet. The cabinet has representation from not only OBCs, Patidars, Kolis, SC-STs, A...
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...
PM Modi to virtually address Patidar Summit in Surat; ministers to attendHealth minister and an important Patidar face of the BJP, Mansukh Mandaviya, will attend the event that is being organised in Surat, a city...
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...
Bhupendra Patel’s appointment is a message to other communities that only PM should matter to people of the stateHaving appointed Bhupendra Patel, a Patidar as the chief minister of Gujarat, the upcoming challenge for the BJP would be to build confiden...
Cabinet expansion likely to soothe concerns of Patels, Kolis, ThakorsWhile the Thakors got their representation in Debusinh Chauhan, the Kolis got Mahendra Munjpara and the rest of the OBCs in Darshana Jardos...
BJP fields third candidate in Gujarat; Congress fears cross-votingWith the BJP fielding Congress turncoat Narhari Amin as its third candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat, the process of send...
Hardik Patel may miss 2019 Lok Sabha polls as SC declines urgent hearingThe Patidar leader joined the Congress on March 12 and was being projected to be a candidate for the Jamnagar seat.
Hardik Patel's poll hopes diminish as High Court refuses to stay convictionApril 4 being the last date of filing of nominations in Gujarat, Hardik has a few days to challenge the judgement in the Supreme Court.
Gujarat elections: Hardik Patel says BJP and Congress are sameReferring to the 2015 quota stir, Hardik said he would not forget the sacrifice made by the Patidar "martyrs" for the sake of just three-fo...
PAAS upset as only 2 members get tickets in Gujarat electionsTwo PAAS members - Lalit Vasoya and Amit Thummar -found their names in the list released yesterday, even as the Hardik Patel-led organisati...
Include Patels in OBC quota, gain support: Hardik Patel to CongressThe speculation over a possible tie-up between Congress and Patel quota stir leader Hardik Patel continues.
Hardik Patel places set of demands before Congress for lending supportSources in the Congress party said Patel sought a maximum number of tickets for Patidar candidates in constituencies where the community ha...
Gujarat Congress losing plot ahead of polls; partymen blame Bharatsinh SolankiSolanki was appointed in the aftermath of Congress’ rout in Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and was mandated to galvanise the party for 2017 st...
Congress eyeing Patidar votes to break Gujarat polls jinxSenior party leader and Gujarat election in-charge Ashok Gehlot today separately met local leaders representing Patidar, tribal and dalit c...
May consider supporting Congress in Gujarat polls: Hardik PatelThe 23-year-old quota agitation spearhead accused the state government of dilly-dallying on the issue of granting reservation to the Patel ...