New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today tweeted pictures of one Khemchandbhai Chandani who traveled 1100 km through 17 days to meet him. 'Met the exceptional Bhikhubhai from Amreli, Gujarat. Bhikhubhai had decided that if BJP wins 300+ seats, he would cycle from Amreli to Delhi. He kept his word and I am told that his cycle journey has drawn several admirers,' PM Modi tweeted adding that 'I was deeply impressed by his humility and passion.'   DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat will witness by-polls of assembly seats within next six months as four MLAs are elected as Lok Sabha members and they have decided to retain their Lok Sabha seats. All four MLAs have resigned as MLA today. Party MLA and minister in Vijay Rupani cabinet, Parbatbhai Patel(Chaudhary) has been elected to Lok Sabha from Banaskantha seat. Parbatbhai was MLA elected from Tharad constituency in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat. Possibility of State BJP leader and former mini...Read More

New Delhi:Election Commission of India (ECI) has today issued a detailed note clarifying that the provisional voter turnout data reported on ECI Website is only the tentative number of voters and not the final numbers, and therefore it is incorrect inference to find Ghost voters when there are none. ECI issued this explanation taking note of several news reports. Full text of ECI statement: Two categories of votes are counted to arrive at the final result of General Elections 2019, first ...Read More

New Delhi: Amit Chavda, President of Gujarat Congress today joined other Congress men in urging party's national president Rahul Gandhi to withdraw his resignation. Rahul Gandhi has announced his decision to step down from the post of national president of Indian National Congress after party's poor performance in recently concluded Lok Sabha general elections. Yesterday a senior Gujarat Congress leader and party's national treasurer Ahmed Patel had called on Rahul Gandhi. Today Priyanka Gandhi,...Read More

By Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: When voters of Gujarat gave all 26 Lok Sabha seats to BJP in year 2014 Lok Sabha elections, it was believed that this was 'na bhuto, na bhavishyati' verdict. It was believed that victory on all Lok Sabha seats for a single party was something that never happened before in Gujarat and will never happen in future in Gujarat. There was a reason behind this argument. Lok Sabha 2014 was a rare verdict for the State. Even in wave elections of 1971 (after Bangladesh ...Read More

Gandhinagar: After the grand victory of ruling BJP in recently concluded Lok Sabha election, PM Narendra Modi would come on his first visit to home state Gujarat tomorrow. Apart from addressing a meeting in Ahmedabad he would also meet his mother and seek her blessings before returning to Delhi to take oath as PM for the second consecutive time. Modi would arrive at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad at around 5 pm tomorrow evening. Gujarat ...Read More

Gandhinagar: 'Our strategy was booth management and Modiji's works. We linked two. We knocked the doors of beneficiaries, we had lunch on banana leaf in a house of poor that was built by the government. We met women who had got LPG gas cylinder.' Gujarat BJP leader and incharge of Uttar Pradesh BJP for Lok Sabha elections 2019, Gordhan Zadafia said when asked about strategy BJP adopted for big win in Uttar Pradesh. 'We were confident because of an organizational structure created by Amit...Read More

By Japan K Pathak Gandhinagar: Out of total 182 assembly seats in Gujarat, 9 seats were such where Congress attracted more votes than BJP. In rest 173 assembly seats, BJP received more votes than Congress in recently concluded general elections of Lok Sabha. 9 seats where Congress candidates received more votes than rival BJP candidates include Vadgam, Jamalpur - Khadia, Danilimda, Kodinar, Jhalod, Dahod, Mandvi, Vyara and Nizar. Mandvi, Vyara and Nizar - all three seats fall in Bardol...Read More