Articles tagged under: Jignesh Mevani

Vankar community gives memorandum against Jignesh Mevani for insulting Dalit Officer

December 15, 2022
Vankar community gives memorandum against Jignesh Mevani for insulting Dalit Officer

Vadgam: Vankar community has presented a memorandum to the district collector's office in Palanpur alleging the insult of a Schedule Caste official by Vadgam congress MLA Jignesh Mevani. Vadgam congress MLA Jignesh Mevani had allegedly told the Banaskantha district's  Resident Additional Collector that the Collector is supposed to seat only after he (as MLA) seats whenever he visits hee chamber. Mevani had allegedly told the Additional Collector that she is supposed to receive him wheneve...Read More

Jignesh Mevani and 18 others get 6 months jail

September 16, 2022
Jignesh Mevani and 18 others get 6 months jail

Ahmedabad: A metro court in Ahmedabad has sentenced Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to six months jail in a case of protests in 2016 to rename Gujarat University’s Law Bhavan building after Dr BR Ambedkar. The case was registered for holding a protest at Gujarat University in 2016 for naming a law dept's building after Dr B R Ambedkar. The court has declared Mevani as a convict in this case and sentenced him with 6 month in jail along with fine. A magisterial court in Mehsan...Read More

Illegal rally case: Mehsana sessions court grants bail to Jignesh Mevani on condition not to leave Gujarat

June 04, 2022
Illegal rally case: Mehsana sessions court grants bail to Jignesh Mevani on condition not to leave Gujarat

Mehsana: Independent MLA –turned Congressman Jignesh Mevani and nine others have been granted bail by a Mehsana sessions court on the condition that they will not leave Gujarat without prior permission of the court. Ten accused including Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani were sentenced to 3 months in prison by a Mehsana special court in a case of holding a rally without permission. An appeal challenging the verdict of the Mehsana special court was filed in the Mehsana sessions court. While granting...Read More

Mehsana court sentences MLA Jignesh Mevani, 9 others to 3-month jail, also grants 1 month bail

May 05, 2022
Mehsana court sentences MLA Jignesh Mevani, 9 others to 3-month jail, also grants 1 month bail

Mehsana: A magisterial court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate J A Parmar here today convicted independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 9 others and sentenced them to 3 months' imprisonment in a 5-year-old case of unlawful assembly under section 143 of IPC. The court also ordered a fine of Rs 1,000 each for all 10 convicts. All convicts have received one month bail and they can appeal in the Sessions court in next one month. The Mehsana 'A' division police had booked Mevani and 11 others for...Read More

Jignesh Mevani sent to five-day police custody in Assam

April 27, 2022

Guwahati: Gujarat's Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani has been sent to police custody for five days. Mevani has been accused of assault and molestation by a woman police constable in Assam. The case was filed at the Barpeta road police station on April 21, in which  Mevani has been accused under laws dealing with obscene acts or words in public, voluntarily causing hurt, using criminal force to deter public servants from discharge of his duty and outraging of modesty. The MLA's counsel said ...Read More

Jignesh Mevani gets bail; Rearrested in another case

April 25, 2022
Jignesh Mevani gets bail; Rearrested in another case

Gandhinagar: A Kokrajhar court has granted bail to independent legislator Jignesh Mevani. Shortly after receiving bail, Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani was, on Monday, 25 April, rearrested in connection with another case by Barpeta Police, reported ANI, citing his lawyer Angshuman Bora. Mevani was granted bail by First Class Judicial Magistrate Bhavna Kakoty with several conditions, however,  within minutes he was rearrested by police from neighbouring Barpeta district in Assam in another cas...Read More

Assam Police takes Jignesh Mevani into custody from Gujarat

April 21, 2022
Assam Police takes Jignesh Mevani into custody from Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Vadgam MLA and Congress leader Jignesh Mevani was taken into custody of Assam police late on Wednesday night from Palanpur circuit house in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat over a tweet claiming that gaddar RSS people of Nagpur were dancing over a mosque in Veraval taluka. Mevani in other tweet had called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as one who worships and considers Godse (Mahatma Gandhi's killer) as his God. Both controversial tweets of Mevani are "withheld" by Twitter in Ind...Read More

Former Vadgam MLA Manibhai Vaghela meets PM Modi, set to join BJP

April 02, 2022
Former Vadgam MLA Manibhai Vaghela meets PM Modi, set to join BJP

Gandhinagar: Manibhai Vaghela, former MLA of Vadgam in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat is all set to join BJP. He made this announcement after meeting with Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi in national capital New Delhi. Vaghela was MLA of Congress from Vadgam and he was going to contest again from Vadgam in year 2017 general elections of State assembly. However one meeting between then novice left leaning activist Jignesh Mevani and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi changed the scenario. Ra...Read More

Former Vadgam MLA Manibhai Vaghela leaves Congress

November 27, 2021
Former Vadgam MLA Manibhai Vaghela leaves Congress

Vadgam: A former Congress Member of legislative assembly (MLA) from Vadgam constituency in North Gujarat, Manibhai J Vaghela has resigned from Congress party. Vaghela in his resignation letter stated that the congress party enrolls and encourage so-called Dalit leaders who create ill-will among communities. He said efforts are made in Congress party to harm the self-esteem of old and experienced leaders. In his resignation letter addressing President of Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi, ...Read More

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani joins Congress

September 28, 2021
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani joins Congress

New Delhi: Independent MLA of Vadgam constituency in North Gujarat, Jignesh Mevani today joined the main opposition party Indian National Congress along with CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar. Mevani was elected as MLA of Gujarat Assembly in year 2017 general elections from Vadgam constituency in North Gujarat, which is a reserved seat for Scheduled Caste candidates. The seat which has sizeable Muslim population was earlier won by Congress party. However after a meeting with Rahul Gandhi, Mevani a n...Read More