Gandhinagar: NDA presidential candidate Ramnath Kovind today held a meeting with MLAs of ruling BJP in Gujarat and other leaders of the party here and also sought their support formally. Kovind, who earlier visited Goa and Mumbai today arrived Ahmedabad Airport along with union transport minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and was accorded a grand welcome. He soon left for Swanim Sankul in Gandhinagar where he participated in the meet...Read More

Gandhinagar: NDA presidential candidate Ramnath Kovind will arrive for a brief visit to Gujarat tomorrow evening during which union minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya would also accompany him. BJP national president Amit Shah, who is an MLA of Gujarat assembly, however, won't remain present on the occasion owing to other pressing engagements in Delhi. Kovind's Gujarat visit was earlier slated for July 11 but was re-scheduled for July 15...Read More

Gandhinagar: The schedule of the proposed 3 day Gujarat trip of BJP president Amit Shah from tomorrow has been changed and shortened to just one day and now he will come here on July 11 and return the same day after participating in several events. Addressing a press conference at Srikamalam, the state headquarter of the party at Koba, Gujarat BJP president Jeetu Vaghani said that Shah would now come with NDA presidential candidate Ramnath Kovind on July 11 and participate in the mee...Read More

Ahmedabad: Presidential candidate of Congress led opposition alliance Meira Kumar today visited Sabarmati Ashram here before formally commencing her election campaign from congress headquarters saying that she had written all the members of the electorate to support her and was hopeful that they would do so. She also said that the election for the top post should not be linked with caste and the attempts to project it as a contest of Dalit vs Dalit should be condemned. Former...Read More

New Delhi: The opposition parties' token and symbolic pick for the Presidential elections, Meira Kumar will begin her campaign from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home turf, Gujarat. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Kumar whose Presidential candidature is supported by 17 opposition parties said that she will begin her Presidential election campaign from Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on 30th. Meira Kumar will file her nomination papers on Wednesday, the last day for filin...Read More

Gandhinagar: A meeting of the Congress MLA's was held in Capital Gandhinagar in which Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela and state president Bharatsinh Solanki both remained present. Later talking to newsmen after the meeting of the MLA's at circuit house here, Solanki said that the meeting was held in connection with the upcoming nomination of the presidential candidate of Congress Ms Meira Kumar. 'Me, Shankersinh bhai and other leaders and MLA's would go to Delhi as instructe...Read More

New Delhi: NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind will file his nomination papers on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and most BJP-led NDA chief ministers including Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, besides the heads of some other parties supporting his candidature. BJP President Amit Shah will also be present when Kovind files his papers, as will the Telangana and Tamil Nadu chief ministers, two leaders from non-NDA parties...Read More

Gandhinagar: The entire Koli fraternity in Gujarat has shown happiness over selection of Shri Ram Nath Kovind's selection as NDA's candidate for upcoming presidential election. It is to be noticed that Shri Ramnath Kovind is associated with Gujarat's Koli community for last 15 years. Coming from most deprived section of the society he served top positions through his hard work and also served as a president of Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Samaj. Shri Kovind had just last week on 13-14 June...Read More

New Delhi: Though the BJP has initiated moves to reach out to the Opposition parties on selecting a consensus candidate for the upcoming presidential poll, BJP's electoral victory in the recent assembly polls is set to help its nominee get elected as the next president of India. Party's victories in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have ensured that its share in the electoral college, which would elect the next president, goes up significantly. The term of President Pranab Mukherjee is coming to...Read More