Radhanpur: Alpesh Thakor, who has lost his Radhanpur assembly seat, during counting of 6 by-polls in Gujarat today claimed that his loss was due to conspiracy certain forces. Last time MLA of Radhanpur Thakor, who had dramatically left Congress earlier this year to join BJP in even more dramatic manner, said that those people whom he had always helped had gone against him due to temptation of money and taking in to consideration things like caste. 'Other forces also tempted...Read More

Patan: Giving a jolt to opposition Congress, a local party leader in Radhanpur assembly constituency of Patan district where bypoll is to be held on October 21, joined ruling BJP today. Congress leader Govindji Thakor who was aspirant of party ticket for the bypoll joined BJP today in presence of Alpesh Thakor, BJP candidate and the former Congress MLA from the seat due to resignation of which the bypoll has been necessitated. MoS home Pradipsinh Jadeja, BJP state general se...Read More

Gandhinagar: Two vacant assembly seats in Gujarat - Radhanpur and Bayad will go for by-polls on 21st October. Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced the schedule of two-seat by-poll. ECI had yesterday declared the schedule of by-polls for another four vacant assembly seats in Gujarat. By-poll is necessitated on Radhanpur and Bayad seats due to resignations of then Congress MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala. Both later joined BJP. They are likely to contest on their respective as...Read More

Palanpur: A local court in Deesa town of Banaskantha district in North Gujarat today issued a nob bailable warrant against Thakor Sena outfit chief and former MLA Alpesh Thakor who had recently joined BJP after deserting Congress. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court issued the warrant in connection with a defamation suit filed by the then district superintendent of police Neeraj Badgujar in April last year. It was issued because Thakor did not appear in the court for past several ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Alpesh Thakor and his aide Dhavalsinh Zala today joined BJP at State BJP headquarters 'Kamalam' here. Alpesh and his aide Zala both had resigned from Congress party earlier this month. They had also resigned from State assembly. Alpesh said, he is taking this decision for people's good and development of poor and rural people. He said he is going to join nationalist ideology and will take all people along. Alpesh and Dhavalsinh joined BJP in presence of State BJP chief Jitu Va...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena core committee today gave its formal assent to its leader and former Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor and his aide ex-MLA Dhavalsinh Jhala for joining ruling BJP. After the meeting of the committee on the residence of Alpesh here in which he himself was not present, Jhala said that the committee has given assent to our joining BJP. 'The committee has in fact authorized Alpesh to talk to BJP leaders and take a decision soon on the date for...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala today resigned from assembly. Both have given resignation from membership of assembly to assembly Speaker. Both were elected for the first time as MLA in year 2017 general elections of Gujarat Assembly. Alpesh represents Radhanpur assembly seat in North Gujarat. His close aide and Congress MLA Dhavalsinh Zala represents Bayad assembly seat in North Gujarat. Alpesh and Dhavalsinh were issued whip by Congress party to vote for Congres...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today dismissed the Congress party plea which sought its instructions to the state assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi to disqualify MLA Alpesh Thakor who despite his resignation from all posts of party had not quit the membership of the house. The division bench of Justice S R Brahmbhatt and Justice A P Thaker dismissed the petition filed by Congress whip Ashwin Kotwal and decided not to interfere in the matter which is still pending before the speaker....Read More