Banaskantha: Internal differences within the Gujarat Congress have come to the fore once again, with the party’s state leadership cancelling the newly announced office-bearers’ list of the Banaskantha District Congress Committee (DCC). The move has triggered fresh tension between Banaskantha DCC president and former MLA Gulabsinh Rajput and the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC). The GPCC, in a statement issued on Monday, said Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda had directed tha...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 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

Ahmedabad: Randeep Surjewala is new in-charge of Gujarat unit of Congress party. Surjewala is Congress party's national general secretary and member of Rajya Sabha. He replaces previous Gujarat Congress incharge Mukul Wasnik.  Gujarat is going to witness the general election of State assembly in December next year. Born on June 3, 1967, Surjewala has had a long political career, having served as a Haryana MLA and cabinet minister, and held portfolios including Public Works, Parli...Read More

Ahmedabad: Congress on Monday alleged that the Centre’s newly approved “Samudra Manthan” scheme was designed to benefit the Adani Group and questioned the use of public funds to de-risk private-sector oil and gas exploration. In a press note, AICC national spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil stated that the scheme, with an outlay of Rs 84,084 crore in its first phase, would provide up to 50% financial support for offshore exploration activities. Congress alleged t...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Dr. Parthivrajsinh Kathwadia, addressing a special press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan on Thursday, raised serious questions over alleged financial irregularities in the Gujarat Dialysis Programme, citing findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). Kathwadia alleged that the CAG report had highlighted serious irregularities involving Kiran Parikh, who served as Programme Officer of the Gujarat Dialysis Programme from 20...Read More

Vadodara: Voting for the by-election to the vacant Manjalpur Assembly seat began at 7 am on Thursday, with the Election Commission introducing several first-time measures, including mobile phone deposit centres for voters, rain-proof polling infrastructure, and 100% live webcasting across all polling stations. The counting of votes will take place on August 3. Update at 1:30 pm: Approximate voter turnout as of 1 pm, according to the ECI, is 21.66%. Update at 11:30 am: Approximate voter turnou...Read More

Vadodara: Manjalpur assembly seat by-poll in Vadodara city of Central Gujarat will have only two candidates. No other candidate is in fray in this by-poll, voting for which is going to take place on 30th July. After the last date of withdrawal of nomination forms, the only two candidates remaining in fray are Satendra Patel (Satish Patel) of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bhikhabhai Rabari of Indian National Congress. Both are candidates of recognized national political party. W...Read More

Vadodara: The Congress on Sunday announced Bhikhabhai Rabari as its candidate for the July 30 by-election to the Manjalpur Assembly constituency, where he will take on the BJP's Satish Govindbhai Patel. In a statement, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had approved Rabari's candidature for the bypoll. Rabari, a senior leader from Vadodara, currently serves as the vice-president of the Gujarat Congress. He also held a ministerial position in ...Read More