Gandhinagar: Umedsinh Jhala, a Congress party candidate on Daskroi assembly seat in the year 2022 State assembly election today joined Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) with his supporters. He was offered BJP's saffron scarf by State BJP chief CR Patil in presence of local MLA, district BJP chiefs of Ahmedabad and Kheda among others. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spent Rs. 209 crore over the Gujarat assembly general elections 2022. As per the details of the expenditure over the elections last year submitted by the party in the Election Commission of India (ECI) on July 15, the party paid Rs. 41 crore to candidates, Rs. 15 crore over aircraft and helicopters and Rs. 160.61 crore over the campaign. The party won 156 seats in the election. The main opposition Congress party had earlier in its submissi...Read More

Ahmedabad: Rajya Sabha member and former minister Shaktisinh Gohil today took over the office of Gujarat Congress chief at the State party headquarters. Gohil took over the new post on the birthday of party leader Rahul Gandhi. After the announcement of his appointment as State party chief, Gohil had last week declared that he would formally take over the new office on 18 June after a pad yatra from Sabarmati Gandhi ashram to State party headquarters. However Yesterday it was realized that 18...Read More

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar: Former BJP leader from Lunawada and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader from Balasinor along with their scores of supporters from central Gujarat joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today, along with their supporters in the presence of State Party chief CR Patil at party headquarters Shri Kamalam here. J. P. Patel, who was formerly associated with the BJP and held the position of president of the Lunawada assembly constituency unit of BJP in the Mahisagar ...Read More

Patan: Gujarat high court has issued a notice to Congress MLA from Patan, Kirit Patel, and the returning officer of Patan over a petition by a voter demanding the cancellation of Patel's victory in the December 2022 assembly polls. The petitioner, Pankajkumar Velani challenged Patel's election, alleging non-disclosure of criminal cases in his nomination papers. Velani cited the details of four FIRs not mentioned in Patel's Form-26 affidavit. Although objections were raised before and after th...Read More

Gandhinagar: The main opposition party Congress has suspended Seva Dal's Gujarat unit chief and party spokesperson Pragati Nandaniya (Ahir) for six years, said a party leader adding that Disciplinary committee chief Balubhai Patel conducted a probe and found a breach of party discipline. Pragati had demanded a ticket from the party to contest from the Keshod assembly constituency, however, the party had denied her ticket. Pragati Ahir reacting to the news of her suspension today said that sh...Read More

Surendranagar: Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil and General Secretary (Organization) Ratnakar today held a special meeting with 33 MLAs and 22 party workers here on the sidelines of the State executive meeting of the party. These MLAs are from the constituencies where the party's margin was narrow compared to other seats. State BJP chief CR Patil told those attending the meeting that among all other seats across Gujarat, their responsibilities are far more in upcoming Lok Sabha polls because their lea...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress's disciplinary committee has decided to suspend 33 party office bearers from across the state for the period of 6 years so far for breach of party's discipline during the recently concluded State assembly general elections. Congress has registered its worst-ever score in the election by winning just 17 out of total 182 seats. Surendranagar district Congress chief Raiya Rathod, Narmada district Congress chief Harendra Valand, former MLA PD Vasava are among those ...Read More

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has constituted a Fact-Finding Committee to evaluate the results of the recently concluded assembly elections in Gujarat and suggest measures to be taken, as follows, with immediate effect. The main opposition Congress could win only 17 seats out of a total of 182 in the State assembly elections in Gujarat, its historically lowest performance. The number of seats are not even ten percent of the total seats. Read More