Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced 32 candidates for the upcoming Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) general election. The candidates have been declared for eight wards, namely Wards 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, with four candidates named from each ward. The list was announced following a meeting of the party's election committee chaired by Gujarat BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma. The BJP's announcement covers 32 of the 44 seats acr...Read More

Ahmedabad: A day after announcing in-charges and co-in-charges for various states and Union Territories (UTs), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday appointed state general secretaries (Organisation), state joint general secretaries (Organisation) and other organisational functionaries across states and UTs with immediate effect. The party has retained Ratnakar as the State General Secretary (Organisation) for Gujarat while also giving him the responsibility of Dadra and Nagar Haveli a...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced new state in-charges and co-in-charges for 36 states and Union Territories. For Gujarat, the party has retained Tarun Chugh as the state in-charge, while Delhi MLA Ajay Mahawar and Chhattisgarh MLA Gomti Sai have been appointed as co-in-charges for the state. Mahawar, a BJP MLA from the Ghonda Assembly constituency in Delhi, was first elected in 2020 and retained the seat in the 2025 Assembly elections. He was born on Jan...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the appointment of new district presidents in three districts, namely Dang, Narmada and Bharuch. According to a party announcement, Suresh Motiram Choudhary has been appointed as the BJP district president for Dang, while Paresh Kantibhai Lad has been appointed as the district president for Bharuch. In Narmada, Shabdsharan Tadvi has been appointed as the new BJP district president. The party said the new app...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat State Election Commission has announced the schedule for the general elections to the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, Okha Municipality and Dwarka Municipality, along with by-elections to vacant seats in various local bodies across the state. According to the election programme issued by the State Election Commission on Wednesday, polling for the local body elections will be held on October 11, 2026 (Sunday), from 7 am to 5 pm. The programme covers the general elec...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat BJP state president Jagdish Vishwakarma has appointed 11 party leaders as members of the state executive committee. The appointments were made to fill vacancies created after several existing members of the state executive were assigned other organisational responsibilities. The newly appointed state executive committee members are: No. Name District/Metropolitan Unit 1 Rajendrabhai Trivedi Vadodara City 2 Dr Mukeshbhai Rathwa Chhota Udepur 3...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat BJP state president Jagdish Vishwakarma on Wednesday announced the appointment of party functionaries as in-charges of various districts and metropolitan units in the state. The appointments, effective immediately, assign leaders from different districts and cities to oversee the party’s organisational affairs in the respective districts and metropolitan areas. The appointments are as follows: District/Metropolitan Unit BJP In-charge Home District/City ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday raised a Point of Order in the Assembly seeking disciplinary action against Congress MLA Imran Khedawala over his conduct during the singing of Vande Mataram in the House. The Assembly Speaker accepted Sanghavi’s Point of Order and said the matter would be examined before a decision is taken on whether to refer it to the Privileges Committee. The Speaker said disrespect towards national symbols cannot be tolerated and not...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed its election team for the upcoming Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) general elections 2026. Gujarat BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma announced the appointments on Wednesday, naming senior leaders, ministers and former municipal office-bearers for various election-related responsibilities. BJP MLA from Ellisbridge Amit Shah has been appointed as the election in-charge, while former Ahmedabad Municipal Co...Read More

Gandhinagar: The three-day Monsoon Session of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly began on Wednesday amid a political controversy over the singing of Vande Mataram at the start of the proceedings, with the ruling BJP demanding an apology from Congress MLA Imran Khedawala for reportedly sitting down during the national song. As the House assembled for Question Hour, Khedawala, who is the lone Muslim MLA, initially stood during the singing of Vande Mataram but sat down shortly after, while other C...Read More