Surendranagar: A man from Surendranagar took to social media to oppose Congress MP from Banaskantha, Geniben Thakor, for voting against the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, calling it a betrayal of Hindus. Chintan Mehta, a resident of Patdi, posted on his social media account: “Banaskantha, Gujarat Congress MP Geniben Thakor stabbed a knife in the back of Hindus in the area by voting against the Waqf Board Amendment Bill. Hindu voters need to wake up and end the politics of anti-Hindu an...Read More

New Delhi: As of February 4th, 2025, a total of 9 doctors and 71 hospitals have been suspended under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in Gujarat, the Union government stated in Parliament. Additionally, as per the central government, 2 hospitals have been de-empanelled and 1 hospital has been blacklisted. In reply to a question from the sole Congress MP from Gujarat, Geniben Thakor, in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament, Union Minister for...Read More

Gandhinagar: Congress leader and newly elected Lok Sabha MP from Banaskantha, Geniben Thakor, today resigned as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the Vav assembly seat. Following her resignation, the number of Congress MLAs in Gujarat Vidhan Sabha has come down to 12. After the 2022 assembly election, the Congress party had initially won 17 seats. However, later, 4 of its MLAs resigned from the Vidhan Sabha, leaving Congress with only 13 members in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly. W...Read More

Palanpur: Congress has won Bakaskantha Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat. This is the only seat, Congress has won out of total 26. This is party's first Lok Sabha election victory in Gujarat after 2009. In 2014 and 2019 general elections, Congress couldn't win any seat in the State. Congress candidate Geniben Thakor has won Banaskantha seat by a margin of over 30,000 votes against her nearest rival, BJP candidate Dr. Rekhaben Chaudhary. Geniben Thakor is presently the MLA of Wav assembly seat in Bana...Read More

Banaskantha: Congress MLA from Banaskantha's Vav, Geniben Thakor, is known for her strong stance on the liquor ban. However, now Geniben Thakor's brother has been caught in a drunken state with a quantity of liquor. Geniben Thakor's brother, Ramesh Nagaji Thakor, was caught in an intoxicated state by the LCB police in Abasana village, Bhabhar. The police received information about a person drinking alcohol and creating a disturbance in public. During the raid, Ramesh Nagaji Thakor was found d...Read More

Banaskantha: A Gujarat Congress MLA Geniben Thakor has made a claim that individuals from tribal communities who converted to Christianity years ago are now attaining positions as IAS and IPS officers. During a mass marriage ceremony of couples from the Valmiki community in Bhabhar village, Banaskantha district, Congress legislator Geniben Thakor urged religious gurus involved in preserving Hinduism to take proactive measures to prevent conversions to other religions. However, Bharatiya Ja...Read More

Banaskantha: Geniben Thakor, Congress MLA from the Vav constituency on Friday threatened to chop off the police officers' fingers if they try to detain the agitating Anganwadi workers. Anganwadi workers are on protest across the state for two to three weeks, demanding regularisation of their jobs. The MLA said that the Anganwadi workers are only paid ₹ 7,000 per month. Speaking to the media, Geniben said, “I visited Anganwadi workers protesting for regularisation of their jobs on Thurs...Read More

Palanpur/Gandhinagar/Himmatnagar: Even as the situation in Gujarat after incidents of attacks on migrant workers is normalizing quickly, two controversial videos involving MLAs have come to fore today. In one of the videos controversial woman MLA from Congress from Vav seat Geniben Thakor, who is deemed close to Alpesh Thakor, can be heard giving instigating advise to the woman-folk that had come to meet her at her residence after the Dhundhar rape incident that led to the attacks on non-Guja...Read More