Gandhinagar: Another BJP MLA has openly criticized the lethargic attitude and inactivity of local government officials. Manavdar MLA Arvind Ladani rebuked the Municipality Chief Officer and Mamlatdar on Saturday in 'Lok Darbar' organized by him at local government office. Ladani sat on the floor and alleged that the officials had engaged in corruption related to the sale of municipality scrap. He alleged corruption of Lakhs of Rupees in selling of scrap. Additionally, the officials faced cri...Read More

Junagadh: Along with Lok Sabha elections, Gujarat also witnessed by-polls for five assembly seats. One of these seats is Manavdar where BJP fielded Arvind Ladani who had resigned as Congress MLA on this seat earlier and joined BJP. Ladani has now in a letter stated how former BJP MLA Jawahar Chavda worked against him in favor of Congress during the by-election. Ladani said Jawahar Chavda through his son and wife called a meeting on 4-5 May at Nutan Cotton Factory in the presence of around 800...Read More

Manavdar: Minister and local MLA Jawahar Chavda today performed ground breaking for Rs. 20 crore riverfront at river Kharo on Porbandar road in Manavadar. Proposed riverfront will be in length of 760 meter. Proposed project has provision of an amphitheater, walkway, five entry gates, deepening of riverbed and relocation of those living on the bank of the river. The target period of completion of the project is 18 months. Read More

Gandhinagar: By-polls for Dhrangadhra and Manavadar assembly seats will be held on April 23 along with the Lok Sabha election. The schedule of these by-polls will be same as Lok Sabha election. Counting will take place on May 23. It should be mentioned here that Dhrangadhra Congress MLA Sabaria and Manvadar Congress MLA Jawahar Chavda resigned fromt he party and also from the assembly early this month to join BJP. Chavda has been made cabinet minister after he joined BJP. While Chavd...Read More

Gandhinagar: Speaking to media persons at Gujarat BJP headquarters today afternoon, Jawahar Chavda said he would be able to serve the people of his constituency in better way by being in BJP. He said, he took a decision to join BJP after lot of thinking. "I have been three-term MLA. For last 20-30 years I work for poor, deprived, farmers and needy people through NGO. I have been useful to people of my constituency, I want to become more useful to them by being a part of ruling party," Chavda...Read More

Gandhinagar: Senior Congress MLA and deputy leader of the party in Gujarat Assembly Shaileshbhai Parmar today claimed that the Party MLAs who had left the party have done so due to some kind of 'temptation' including that of a minister's or board chairman's post. Speaking to media persons here after today's resignation of Manavadar Congress MLA Jawahar Chavda, Parmar said that it was not at all correct to say that there was any anger or dissidence in the party which was leading to all t...Read More

Gandhinagar: Senior BJP leader and Minister Kunvarji Bavaliya, who was the first to leave Congress after last assembly election and join the ruling party, today claimed that after resignation of Manavdar MLA Jawahar Chavda, 4 to 5 more MLAs from the main opposition party would also leave it soon. Speaking to media persons he said that Chavda has also left the party due to ignore of senior leaders like him. 'Congress MLAs are leaving the party as they were not getting proper respect ...Read More

Gandhinagar: In yet another somewhat surprising jolt to Congress, Party MLA from Manavadar seat in Junagadh district of Gujarat, Jawahar Chavda today resigned from the party and Gujarat Assembly. Amid speculations of such resignations doing the round, Chavda, who was deemed as a core-Congress man, reached the residence of speaker Rajendra Trivedi and handed over his resignation from the assembly. Trivedi later told newsmen that Chavda has not given any reason for the resignatio...Read More