Gandhinagar: Gujarat BJP chief Jagdish Panchal has declared party's State Coordination Committee (Core Group). The Core Group members apart from CM Bhupendra Patel, Dy CM Harsh Sanghavi and party chief Jagdish Panchal are CR Patil, Ratnakar Pandey, Jitu Vaghani, Rushikesh Patel, Ganpat Vasava, Darshnaben Vaghela, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and IK Jadeja. Gujarat is going to witness the local body polls in upcoming month. The State is also going to witness by-election for Umreth assembly seat....Read More

Gandhinagar: The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the by-election to the 111-Umreth Assembly constituency in Gujarat. According to the schedule, the official notification for the by-poll will be issued on March 30, 2026. Filing of nomination papers will be allowed from March 30 to April 6, 2026, except on public holidays. The scrutiny of nominations will take place on April 7, while the last date for withdrawal of candidature will be April 9, 2026. The voting for the...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma today formed the State Election Management Committee for the upcoming local self-government body elections in the state. The committee has been constituted after consultations with senior party leaders to oversee election planning and coordination. According to the party, Gordhanbhai Zadafia has been appointed as the State Coordinator of the committee. He is a former vice-president of Gujarat BJP. The other members of the committee are as fo...Read More

Gandhinagar: With the state gearing up for local polls soon, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi are scheduled to visit Delhi tomorrow to hold crucial discussions with the central leadership. As per local reports, the key objective of the visit is to review several important and ambitious projects of Gujarat that are linked with the Central Government. The leaders are expected to seek faster implementation of these projects and discuss issues related ...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: The appointment of Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi as an observer for the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana is far from ceremonial or routine. The contest for the second seat has turned into a closely watched battle between the BJP’s second candidate and the Congress’s lone nominee. On paper, the Congress has sufficient numbers to secure the second seat. However, the entry of the BJP-backed second candidate has created unease within the Congress ca...Read More

Rajkot: Ahead of the upcoming elections of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation, the city unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced a new organisational structure, appointing ward in-charges and executive committee members to strengthen the party. Notably, Anjali Rupani, wife of late former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, has been included in the city BJP executive committee. According to the party, Rajkot city BJP president Dr. Madhav Dave finalised the names after holding discus...Read More

New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat, Harsh Sanghavi, has been appointed as a central observer by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana. The appointment was announced in a press release issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh on March 9, 2026. According to the release, BJP national president Nitin Nabin approved the appointment of central observers for the Rajya Sabha elections in different states. Harsh Sanghavi has been assigned ...Read More

Anand: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Govind Parmar passed away today. 1943-born, he was representing Umreth assembly seat from Central Gujarat. He was hospitalized in Anand for last tome time for medical treatment. He was senior MLA from Umreth who was elected to the State assembly in  1995, 1998, 2017 and 2022. He won as an independent candidate from Sarsa assembly seat in 1995 and also became minister. He again won from Sarsa as Congress candidate th...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced a list of new state morcha, district and city prabharis (in-charges). The appointments, authorised by State President Jagdish Vishwakarma, are effective immediately. The party has appointed new state morcha in-charges across various wings. Kiritbhai Patel from Junagadh district has been named in-charge of the Yuva Morcha. Shabdsharanbhai Brahmbhatt from Vadodara city has been appointed as prabhari of the Mahila Morc...Read More

Gandhinagar: Political reactions have intensified in Gujarat following the release of the Final Electoral Roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcoming the outcome as a step toward transparency, while the Congress raised serious concerns over alleged irregularities and voter deletions. BJP state chief spokesperson Dr. Anil Patel said that voter list purification drives have been conducted across the country multiple times since ...Read More