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In a rude shock for the Congress in Gujarat, its long-time electoral partner, veteran Adivasi leader Chhotubhai Vasava’s Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), has struck an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the 2022 State Assembly polls. Speaking to Vibes of India on Monday, national BTP president and Vasava’s son Mahesh Vasava said, “We […]
With the much-touted Par-Tapi-Narmada riverlink project becoming a thorn in the flesh for the ruling BJP in Gujarat trying to capture the tribal belt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting tribal-dominated Dharampur in South Gujarat’s Valsad district on April 15, while new political equations are being discussed for 27 seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. […]
After the crushing defeat in the assembly elections of the five states, Congress is preparing to enter the electoral fray of Gujarat with full force. The Gujarat elections are to be held at the end of this year. Gujarat congress is developing a well-planned election strategy through various socio-political discussions and events. Raghu Sharma, the […]
It is common knowledge in Gujarat that Congress leaders and legislators are being whisked away by the BJP, but there are at least three BJP leaders in the State who have lodged an open fight for supremacy of the Koli community that decides the fate of electoral candidates in 32 seats largely in the Saurashtra […]
Political analysts may call this a golden period for right wing politics with it apparently penetrating every nook and cranny of the country, but the fountainhead of the rightist philosophy, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), thinks much more needs to be done. A three-day meeting of the All India Pratinidhi Sabha that concluded on March […]
Much like Jats, Yadav, the non-Yadav, Dalit OBCs and the non-Dalit OBCs, Brahmins and various tribal groups have emerged groups of significant ballot power, the one unmistakable poll monolith in Gujarat comprises the Patels. Getting them together under the aegis of a Patel leader, never mind the political party,can be a potential game changer. Little […]
In a democracy, it is definitely the right of the elected wing to choose their leaders. Surat Municipal Corporation in Gujarat has taken the initiative. Enough of Gandhi, Nehru and even Kalam in civic school classrooms. All the 217 odd Surat Municipal Corporation schools, including the 28 Urdu ones will have to keep a picture […]
A year after its stunning victory in the Surat Municipal Corporation elections and becoming the principal Opposition wiping out the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party is desperately trying to retain its councillors after five of them defected to the BJP last Friday. While there were rumours that some others might also switch over to the […]
When politicians squabbled over a tableau depicting Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s role in the independence struggle for the R-Day, Dalits in a nondescript village in feudal Rajasthan were celebrating a freedom of sorts. Young bride Draupadi watched in awe, as did her family, as bridegroom Shriram, 27, triumphantly rode a horse holding a sword as […]
A month after the controversial Hindu dharma sansad in Haridwar and the VHP’s call for a religious reconversion campaign from Gujarat’s Junagadh a fortnight ago, a self-styled Hindu Sena has now launched a “Godse gaatha (Godse tale)” to propagate Nathuram Godse’s “sacrifice for the country.” Started from Jamnagar on January 1, 2022, the Hindu […]
AAP leader Isudan was tested for alcohol consumption after his frenzied protest at the BJP headquarters in Kamalam. But a BJP corporator’s son was let off, despite viral posts on social media about the ruckus created after his antics post a New Year’s Eve party. The CCTV footage is testimony to his corporator mother storming […]
