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Congress’ young guns fall silent this timeRepresenting different castes, the trio of Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakor helped Congress reap electoral gains in the state.
Alpesh Thakor's resignation: A long anticipated breather for BJP in North GujaratOn Wednesday Alpesh resigned from the party and taking a leaf out of former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced his resignatio...
Gujarat Election was a fight between the people and BJP: Paresh Dhanani, Oppn Leader, Gujarat AssemblyGujarat election was a fight between the people of Gujarat and BJP, said Dhanani (41), who belongs to the Patidar community.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani wins; Alpesh Thakor, Jignesh Mevani also score victoryVijay Rupani, who was earlier trailing in the initial trends, won Rajkot West seat by defeating Congress' Indranil Rajyaguru. Aplesh Thakor...
View: Gujarat elections 2017 is all about youth power who rallied against BJPThe state’s youth of today are not diffident but have been increasingly assertive with a chutzpah that few believed they possessed.
Caste politics rule the roost in Gujarat pollsWhile the Congress is elated to see the new caste dynamics coming to its rescue, the BJP still believes that no one is leaving its ship.
P Chidambaram accuses BJP of playing communal card in GujaratThe former union finance and home minister said large sections of youth of Gujarat have rallied behind Patel, Thakor and Mevani and they ha...
Gujarat polls: Advantage BJP as young turks take political plungeTransferable votes that Hardik or Alpesh commanded are being chipped away by BJP as it is now easier for ruling party to discredit them.
Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor, Jignesh Mevani: Gujarat’s youth factorDespite the contradictions that exist between them — like the Patidar vs OBC rivalry — they have so far batted in unison to overcome the “b...
Gujarat Elections: Modi’s team forced to redraw its election strategyThere are only around 9% Dalits and BJP leaders maintain this can be countered by some inroads that it is making into the Tribal ( 15%) vot...
Jignesh Mevani meets Rahul Gandhi, says will ask Dalits to not vote for BJPGandhi and Mevani had half-an-hour closed-door meeting at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Navsari.
No fit for Modi's shoes in Gujarat BJPNarendra Modi ruled Gujarat. And as power demands, never allowed a second voice to grow either in the party or in opposition.
Gujarat polls: Challenging for Congress to build on unexpected breakthrough it got through youth leadersCongress, on paper, looks at the nearly 13% Patels, 15% tribals, 7% Dalit and a slice from 50% OBCs (in addition to 10% Muslims) as wooable...
Gujarat polls: Congress invites Hardik, Alpesh, Mevani to join handsApart from these leaders, the Congress also hinted at forging a pre-poll alliance with Sharad Pawar-led NCP and bringing on board Chhotu Va...
Gujarat OBC leader Alpesh Thakore to join CongressThakore, convenor of the Gujarat OBC Ekta Manch and leader of the local Thakore Sena, has a strong appeal among backward classes.
Back in homestate, Hardik Patel starts reaching out to the communityBJP had faced its worst ever drubbing in the civic polls in two decades in 2015 in the wake of Patidar agitation.
Hardik, Alpesh, Jignesh, youth brigade are here to trouble BJPEach in their own ways are raising issues that the BJP will find difficult to negotiate not only in Gujarat, but also across UP and Punjab.