Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress President Amit Chavda on Saturday accused sections of the police and administration of acting under political pressure and functioning as “BJP workers” rather than serving people impartially. Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, Chavda alleged that some officers had become “pawns of the government” and were being used to influence political processes. He said that while Gujarat has many honest and d...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Krishnanagar Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a newly elected Congress corporator of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for allegedly using a forged school leaving certificate (LC) to contest the 2026 municipal elections. The accused corporator Kalpana Surajbhai Navlekar (now Kodekar), a resident of Sardarnagar who won the AMC election from Kubernagar ward, is alleged to have submitted a fraudulent school leaving certificate purportedly iss...Read More

Ahmedabad: A newly elected Congress corporator of the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has come under scrutiny for allegedly submitting a bogus school leaving certificate (LC), with the Ahmedabad City District Education Officer directing that a police complaint be filed following a preliminary inquiry. The case pertains to Kalpanaben Kodekar, an elected corporator from the Kubernagar ward. The inquiry was initiated after a complaint by Chirag Shah, who alleged that the LC submitted in the na...Read More

Vadodara: Muslim voters didn't vote for Congress party's Hindu and Muslim candidates unitedly, resulting into division of Muslim votes and victories of several BJP candidates in Vadodara Municipal Corporation elections, claimed Congress leaders from Muslim community. Gujarat Congress General Secretary Chirag Sheikh and Vadodara Youth Congress Vice President Arbaaz Pathan raised concerns over the outcome. According to them, candidates fielded by AIMIM and the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) in several ward...Read More

Dabhoi: Despite securing a clear majority in the Dabhoi Municipality, the Congress is facing fears of defections, prompting the party to resort to “resort politics” to safeguard its elected members ahead of the formation of the municipal board. It is learnt that the party has shifted around 12 of its elected councillors to an undisclosed location outside the town to prevent possible poaching attempts. The move has intensified political activity in the municipality even before the official f...Read More

Ahmedabad: Internal discord within the Gujarat unit of the Congress has come to the fore following its poor performance in the recent local body elections, with senior leader and AICC member Gaurav Pandya openly criticising the state leadership and demanding their resignation. In a strongly worded social media post, Pandya said, “From today, the campaign to find the scapegoats of Gujarat Congress begins, and so does the beginning of the end of 2027. Those who invited this humiliation will t...Read More

Surat: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sweeping victory in Gujarat’s municipal corporation elections has resulted in 10 out of 15 civic bodies falling short of the mandatory 10% seat threshold required to appoint a Leader of Opposition (LoP). In two corporations, Morbi and Porbandar, there is no opposition representation at all, as the BJP won every seat. In eight others namely, Mehsana, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Nadiad, Vadodara, Navsari, and Surat, the party secured over 90% of ...Read More

Surat: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a sweeping victory in the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) elections, winning 115 out of 120 seats and reinforcing its three-decade dominance in the city. The scale of the mandate left the opposition with minimal presence. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had emerged as a key challenger in 2021 with 27 seats, saw its tally drop sharply to just four seats. The Indian National Congress (Congress) managed to secure only one seat. Voter turnout st...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) election results saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retain its dominance with 69 seats, while the Indian National Congress (Congress) was reduced to just six seats, despite limited gains in a few wards. The BJP’s comfortable majority was on expected lines. The party had already secured two seats unopposed after Congress candidates withdrew their nominations. Its stronghold was evident as full BJP panels swept 15 wards. Although the BJP los...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Out of total 9,999 seats that were up for polls in Gujarat local body elections 2026(including local by by-polls), the ruling BJP won 7,501 seats which is 75.02% domination on the results. The main opposition Congress party could win 1,740 of 9,999 seats meaning 17.40% seats won. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) didn't match the hype and won 490 or 4.90% seats, which is less than even 5%. DeshGujarat  Read More