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The beleaguered veteran Gujarat Congress leader and former union minister, Bharatsinh Solanki, who quit active politics to take a sabbatical in early June, has been provided with an armed security guard following his application to the State Government that he had a threat perception from his estranged wife. Announcing his sabbatical on June 3, Solanki […]
Billed as a “scientific structure” down to the last village, the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) huge reorganisation effort in Gujarat has ignited a wave of protest with four local leaders having put in their papers and several others being angry over Surat finding a lion’s share in the party set-up. Within 24 hours of the […]
The education department has started tapping schools with low results in class 10. There are around 1007 schools in Gujarat with less than a 30% success rate for the tenth grade. Now, the government will grant to poor-performing schools. Moreover, there are 121 schools with 0% passing rates. The District Education Officer has started listing […]
With the upcoming Gujarat elections turning into a keen multi-cornered contest, a motley group of politicians, Patidar activists, different organisations and several journalists have come together to rustle up an agitation of sorts with a single-point demand to restore Motera stadium after Sardar Patel from Narendra Modi Stadium. Steered by veteran Congress leader and former […]
Exactly 59 seconds. This is what it took to wrap up the much-touted and much-awaited joining ceremony of once-firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel into the BJP on Thursday. The lad, who once shook the ruling BJP with his first rally attracting a mammoth crowd of 10 lakh in August 2015, had to wait for a […]
Former Gujarat leader Hardik Patel’s close confidantes of his Patidar agitation days have called his joining the BJP on Thursday a “political suicide” and questioned him about justice to the families of 14 Patel youngsters who died during the 2015 reservation stir. Alpesh Kathiria, who leads the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) now and also […]
Aiming at a huge victory during the upcoming assembly elections, the ruling BJP has chalked out a strategy to leverage its increasing control over the massive cooperatives sector in Gujarat that cuts through all castes and regions, as well as through the State Congress’ KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijans, Adivasis and Muslims) formula that it plans to […]
A meeting of the Gujarat BJP’s Executive Committee on Monday expressed concern over the elected representatives losing connect with the grassroots workers, while it laid stress on according a better status and representation to Dalits, Adivasis and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) within the party set-up. Speaking at the meeting, Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil exhorted […]
The Gujarat Congress Working President, Hardik Patel, is upset with his political affiliation. However, the reasons behind his distance from the Congress party are under speculation. After the Patidar Reservation Movement, Hardik Patel joined the Congress with Rahul Gandhi holding his back on March 12, 2019. Not only this, but Patel is also the youngest […]
There is little doubt, which was also reflected on the first day of the Congress party’s three-day national ‘Chintan Shivir’ that began in Udaipur in Rajasthan on Friday, that Narendra Modi remains the key challenger and the toughest nut to crack for the grand old Opposition party. Speaking on Thursday in a video address at […]
Ajeet Tiwari A decade-long dispute between the CNI (Church of North India) and Church of Brethren over the control of a British era colonial church in the tribal district of Dangs in South Gujarat has assumed political overtones. The CNI is dominated by Congress members, while the Church of Brethren has more members from the BJP. As […]
If inflation is burning a hole in your pocket, the upwardly mobile price of edible oils is acting like fuel to fire. In the eight-year period 2014-2022), edible oil prices have rise 350 percent. In the week past, it breached the 400 percent increase mark. 35% Import Duty Goes Into Govt Coffers; 100% Brunt Borne […]
Claims and counter-claims apart, allegations and counter-allegations apart, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, the key rivals in Gujarat’s December 2022 electoral contest, seem to have already identified the bottomline for victory and survival respectively. The Adivasi and the Dalit Vote — in that order. This explains two simultaneous tribal meets, a three-day National […]
Even as the opposition Congress is still busy trying to disentangle from its own organisational issues, the BJP is already discussing the brass stacks with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its ancillaries are likely to play a bigger role in the Gujarat Assembly election strategies this time.Top BJP sources confirmed to Vibes of India that […]
In a brazen use of force, the security personnel of the Surat Municipal Corporation and the police on Sunday thrashed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors while they dragged them out of the SMC headquarters where they had camped through the night in protest against the abrupt end to the General Board meeting. View Post In […]
Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today, while addressing the Adivasi Sankalp Mahasammelan in Chanderia village of Bharuch district, said that the tribal community in Gujarat makes up to about 1 crore of people. As such, the state is home to some of the poorest of tribal communities as well as […]
Always known to be the campaign mode, whether in power or not, the BJP’s national leadership has already taken the entire strategy of the Gujarat elections in its own hands. This is why after two back-to-back tours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah recently, national BJP President JP Nadda is arriving […]
The Gujarat Assembly elections are two seasons away but defections from the state unit of the Congress are becoming noticeable. Promising leaders like Hardik Patel are either displeased about the state of affairs in the party or are leaving it in quick succession. There is a strong buzz that Hardik Patel is feeling sidelined and […]
In light of the political wisdom from the 2017 assembly elections, the Gujarat Congress is scrutinizing veterans like Bharat Sinh Solanki, Arjun Modhwadia and Siddharth Patel. In the Congress circle, it’s being stressed that past election failures are due to the stubbornness of senior leadership. Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Jagdishbhai Thakor and AICC in-charge […]
Politics is keeping Gujarat on tenterhooks. Even as parties are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to fight it out, the intra-party dynamics are no less intriguing. Caste leaders, OBC magnates, veterans and young blood are all tossed into the sea with each politicking to survive. Take the case of Congress veteran Bharatsinh Solanki. […]
