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High profile BJP leader visits top Patidar leaders as subtle electioneering for assembly polls start in GujaratGujarat BJP is actively engaging with key Patidar community leaders. Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi met Naresh Patel, Chairman of Kho...
Congress loses its elected representatives faster in Gujarat than the vote shareGujarat Congress will have no representation in the Rajya Sabha soon. This follows a decade of electoral setbacks. The party's vote share h...
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 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...
Gujarat election: Amreli, a tough task for Congress leader Paresh DhananiParesh Dhanani, former Leader of Opposition, is also facing challenge from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has fielded Ravi Dhanani. The r...
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...
Congress shutting doors, AAP yet to build presence, Hardik Patel may return to BJPIt 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...
Congress' Gujarat conundrum in election yearWhile Gandhi's praise for Dalit leader Jignesh may reap political dividends for the party from Gujarat's Dalit community who constitute rou...
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...
Gujarat's Patidar pitch heats up in the runup to electionsHardik Patel rose to prominence riding the Patidar agitation in 2015 which funnelled the anger of the community against the BJP in the 2017...
Gujarat Congress leaders harassing me, want me to leave party, alleges Hardik PatelHardik Patel also said that although he had taken up the issue of his harassment with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi many times, no action ha...
Patidars may get big roles as BJP likely to rejig caste mathPotential successors include Union ministers Parshottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandavia, administrator of Daman and Diu Praful Patel, deputy ch...
Patidar leader Hardik Patel made the working President of Gujarat CongressHardik Patel, the face of Patidar agitation in Gujarat had joined the party in March last year. However, though eager, the 25 year old Pate...
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.
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.
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.
Gujarat Elections 2017: Campaign was shrill, over to electorate nowDenied permission to hold a road show in Ahmedabad on the last day of the campaign, PM Modi on Tuesday flew from Sabarmati river on a singl...
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...
View: Gujarat 2017 is about growing disaffection with the BJPMany expect Modi to make an emotional pitch about Gujarati pride being at stake at the final lap of the campaign. Elections in India are al...
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...