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It is a straight 75 of 92. That is BJP’s strike rate in Gujarat’s hinterland. Just as one thought it was the “rubarn” (rural+urban) push that secured the party’s thumping success, a closer scrutiny of the results reveal that rural Gujarat has emerged BJP’s epicentre of power. In fact, the Congress is nearly decimated in […]
A reversal of roles worked well in Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) favour. A huge section of the Patidar community voted against the BJP in the 2017 Assembly polls. Reason: the quota agitation. However, an analysis of the vote share shows how the saffron brigade has done exceedingly well this election. The BJP won almost all […]
One97 Communications, which operates under the Paytm brand, has said that the company’s board will meet on December 13 to decide on a share buyback programme. Paytm has Rs 9,182 crore of cash in hand and a large chunk of this predates its initial public offering (IPO). The announcement comes when the company’s shares were […]
Contesting his first Assembly elections, Sandip Desai, the BJP candidate from Surat’s Choryasi seat won by a whopping margin of 1.86 lakh votes—second only to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s victory margin of 1.92 lakhs votes from Ghatlodia. While Desai got 2,36,033 votes, AAP candidate Prakash Contractor became a distant second with 49,615 votes and Congress’s […]
The BJP is being hailed, and rightly so, for its magnificent victory in the Gujarat Assembly Elections on Thursday. It was also an election where several ‘protestors’ emerged successful. One such protestor is Hardik Patel, who became prominent through the Patidar movement. He joined the Congress and heaped criticism on the BJP, and has now […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was thankful to the citizens of Gujarat for heeding his advice that the BJP should better its Assembly seats tally of 127 that the party won in 2002 when he was the state’s chief minister. Leading the victory celebrations at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, the prime […]
With the announcement of the results of the Gujarat Assembly Election 2022, leaders, office-bearers of the BJP from the region and the followers started assembling in large numbers at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat region head office, Kamalam. The BJP office at Koba, Gandhinagar wore a festive look with everyone in a celebratory mood, dancing […]
Isudan Gadhvi received the most number of votes in his party’s opinion poll to become the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat Assembly polls. When and where it mattered, though, he did not get enough votes to even win the election for himself. Gadhvi, a former journalist, remained upbeat in defeat. Thanking his party workers, he said, “Our expectations were not huge but we […]
Former Theranos chief operating officer (COO) Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, 57, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud by a Federal Judge in California. Last month, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, was sentenced to 11 years on similar charges. Once considered to be one of Silicon Valley’s hottest start-ups, Theranos claimed to have developed […]
Allan Quatermain, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard’s 1885 novel titled King Solomon’s Mines, was armed with a boon that Africa — the land he loved so intensely — would never let him die on its soil. Narendra Modi is not a fictional character like Quatermain, but he seems to possess a similar boon. Gujarat will not […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Gujarat has chosen the BJP by rejecting those who do politics of “hollow promises, freebies and appeasement”. In a series of tweets, Shah said he “salutes the people of Gujarat on this historic victory” and that it shows the “unwavering faith of the public in Narendra Modi’s development model”. “In the last two decades, under the leadership […]
The verdict in the Gujarat Assembly elections has sprung a huge surprise in the form of Dharmendrasinh Vaghela from Vaghodia seat. Madhu Shrivastav, the BJP MLA on this seat since 2002, was denied ticket this time around. He was vocal about his exclusion and immediately announced his candidature as an independent. Now, another independent candidate, Dharmendrasinh Vaghela, has sprung a surprise on Shrivastav and BJP candidate Ashwin Patel. Vaghela got 58,960 votes with a 42.61% vote share. Shrivastav has to […]
The Congress on Thursday arrested its electoral decline in Himachal Pradesh, winning 40 of the 68 seats to oust the BJP from the hill state. The Election Commission shows the BJP winning or trending in 25 constituencies, but even this number will be one less since it includes Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, who has to […]
Chaitanya Desai of the BJP is leading in Akota assembly seat in Vadodara district by 59140 votes. Chaitanya Desai of BJP has secured 88052 votes in the Akota assembly seat in Vadodara district till 14th round of counting. Rutvij Joshi of Indian National Congress came second, securing 281912 votes. Vadodara district in Central Gujarat region has 10 […]
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said the gamble of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contesting the Gujarat Assembly elections has paid dividends to the party to “gain the national party tag”. In a tweet, he said the AAP is set to become a national party because it fulfils the Election Commission’s criteria if a party wins two seats in the state […]
Ramesh Patel of BJP has won the Jalalpore assembly seat in Navsari district Navsari district in South Gujarat region has 4 assembly seats. In 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP won 3 seats, Congress won 1 seat whereas 0 seats went to others. This time, on this seat Ramesh Patel of Bhartiya Janta Party is contesting against […]
Today is the moment of truth for all the principal players in the Gujarat election. The BJP looks set for a new tenure, after being in power for the last 27 years. While the Congress will hope to break out of the political wilderness, the AAP will look for a foothold in Prime Minister Narendra […]
Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022 has seen a number of candidates who began their political journey around college and university elections. Student politics has been known to throw up leaders around the world. The youth, full of energy and drive, and open to exploring options simply on basis of their own ideology, align themselves with political […]
Bhupendra Patel will be sworn-in as Gujarat chief minister for the second time on Monday, December 12, at 2 pm, state BJP chief C R Paatil said on Thursday as the party swept the Assembly elections with a record-breaking margin. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the event. “Bhupendra Patel will be the chief minister again,” Paatil said. Bhupendra Patel said […]
The Election Commission has completed the preparations for the counting of votes that will be held at 37 centres across Gujarat on Thursday. The process will be recorded. The counting will begin at 8 am with postal ballots being counted first. From 8.30 am onwards, votes cast on EVMs will be counted. However, an official […]
