Gandhinagar: Umedsinh Jhala, a Congress party candidate on Daskroi assembly seat in the year 2022 State assembly election today joined Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) with his supporters. He was offered BJP's saffron scarf by State BJP chief CR Patil in presence of local MLA, district BJP chiefs of Ahmedabad and Kheda among others. DeshGujaratRead More

Navsari: The Congress Party announced Naishad Desai as their candidate for the Navsari Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat last week. Desai, who will be contesting against the state BJP chief C.R. Patil in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, has adopted the attire of Mahatma Gandhi for the poll campaign. He has shaved off his head, is wearing a Dhoti, and is walking with a stick. Desai stated that winning or losing the election is not the focus. Talking to the media Desai remarked, 'The present Modi gove...Read More

Gandhinagar: The main opposition political party, Indian National Congress has declared the final list of its candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha general elections in Gujarat. Ramji Thakor (Palvi) will contest for the Mahesana seat as a Congress candidate, while city unit party chief Himmatsinh Patel will contest the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat. BJP has fielded Haribhai Patel in Mahesana and HS Patel in the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat. By fielding Thakor in the Mahesana seat, Congres...Read More

Banaskantha: Former Gujarat Congress general secretary D. D. Rajput joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Rajput joined the ruling dispensation at a public rally of Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel in Tharad in North Gujarat. Rajput, who resigned from the Congress party in March along with several other leaders from the Kshatriya community, was presented with saffron scarfs by CM as he welcomed them to the party. This development comes at a time when the Kshatriya community is prote...Read More

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today approved the proposal for the constitution of the Campaign Committee, Strategy Committee, Election Management Committee, Publicity Committee, Program Implementation Committee, Media Coordination Committee, Legal Coordination Committee, and Protocol Committee of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee for the upcoming General Elections. Here are the details of the committees: Campaign Committee 1. Shri Siddharthbhai Patel - Chairman 2....Read More

Gandhinagar: The main opposition Congress party has declared three more candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat. Former MLA Rutvik Makwana will be fielded in Surendranagar seat by party. Hirabhai Jotva is selected as a candidate for Junagadh Lok Sabha seat. He is Vice President of Gujarat Congress. The party has finally got a candidate for Vadodara seat. Jashpalsinh Padhiyar will contest the Vadodara seat. He is former MLA. The party is yet to declare candidates for four more Lok Sabh...Read More

Morbi: Congress leader and General Secretary, Manoj Panara, filed a criminal defamation complaint in court against Hindu activist Kajal Hindustani on Tuesday for what he thinks her alleged defamatory remarks against the Patidars. Panara stated that Kajal's comments during an event in June 2023 had hurt the Patidar community. In a purported video, Kajal during her speech against 'Love Jihad' menace, in attempt to open the eyes of community gave an example and allegedly claimed that seven colle...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress's General Secretary DD Rajput has resigned from party. Rajput is Tharad Rajput Samaj's President. He was candidate of Congress party for Tharad assembly seat in 2017. Rajput has resigned ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, polling for which is scheduled on 7 May. A state level office bearer, Rajput's resignation is a major blow for the party especially in Banaskantha where Congress has fielded Wav MLA Geniben Thakor as its candidate against BJP's Dr. Rekhaben...Read More

Gandhinagar: The only two Congress Party corporators in the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) resigned from their posts in the civic body and the party today. Congress corporators Ankit Barot from ward no. 3 and Gajendrasinh Vaghela from ward no. 2 submitted their resignations. Both leaders are expected to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. With this move, the GMC no longer has any Congress party corporators and is now completely Congress-free. Just before their ...Read More