Gandhinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from the Surat West Assembly constituency, Purnesh Modi, was today elected as the new Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Modi was elected on the opening day of the Budget session of the Assembly through a voice vote, defeating Congress MLA from Danilimda, Shailesh Parmar. With the BJP commanding a strong majority of 162 seats in the 182-member House, Modi’s election was effectively secured. Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary forma...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ahead of the upcoming election for the post of Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress have fielded their candidates. From the BJP, Surat West MLA Purnesh Modi filed his nomination for the post in the presence of Cabinet Minister Jitu Vaghani and other senior party leaders. Meanwhile, the Congress has fielded Danilimda MLA Shailesh Parmar for the post, ruling out the possibility of an unopposed election and m...Read More