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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 […]
On the eve of counting in Gujarat, where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has invested enormously in its pursuit of acquiring the status of a national party, the AAP scored a victory in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls on Wednesday. The AAP not only ended the BJP’s 15-year rule in the prestigious corporation that sits on a budget […]
In the 2022 MCD election, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday claimed an emphatic win over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Exit polls had given chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP – which controls the city government – a clear win and relegated the BJP – which controls the city civic body – to a […]
Phase 1 and Phase 2 polling of the Gujarat Assembly elections are concluded. The exit polls are out and there is a huge win projection for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Congress came in 2nd place, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party and others. But the focus should be on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s […]
AAP’s Friday roadshow was a surge of yellow just before Gujarat wakes up to the second phase of elections on Dec 5. The party clearly knows its colour. But what is does even better is emerging winner. As Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann put it: “We do not align ourselves with any survey or poll outcome […]
Poll hotbed Gujarat has seen much rhetoric and drama in the run-up to the elections. With derogatory jibes to personal comments, this ballot will be remembered more for the anecdotal swipes, less for the usual pre-poll promises. However, just as the first phase ended and the state is poised to cast its mandate in the […]
“We are young, give us your blessings”, AAP’s Chief Ministerial candidate, Isudan Gadhvi says as families queue up on their balconies to watch. In Surat’s Mahidarpura diamond market, all and sundry have gathered for the rally, which is being addressed by Gadhvi on video call. AAP leaders tell the crowd how voting for BJP would […]
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Raghav Chadha, a Rajya Sabha member and party’s co-charge for Gujarat, said the party will bring back the old pension scheme if voted to power in Gujarat. It has been a big demand of all government employees of Gujarat that the old pension scheme should be implemented, he said. Chadda further said […]
In the turmoil of the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, political parties are on the radar of government agencies financial malpractices. Surprisingly (or is it even surprising?), opposition parties are facing the wrath of the central agencies. In this exclusive discussion between Vibes of India’s Deepal Trivedi, Janvi Soniya and Ajit Tiwari, the panellists emphasised the […]
The head of the Congress party in Gujarat, Raghu Sharma, today took on Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), claiming that his party would not win a single seat in Gujarat. The Gujarat Congress chief writes on paper and challenges Kejirwal to a landslide victory for the AAP. You are the BJP’s “B” […]
Political watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Thursday analysed the candidates contesting Gujarat elections and the report stated a spike in the number of candidates with criminal background contesting this Phase -1 of the forthcoming elections. The new entrant in Gujarat politics Aam Aadmi Party has nominated the highest number of candidates (36%) with […]
For three decades now, Gujarat has been BJP’s fortress. The party firmly entrenched itself in urban and semi-urban areas. As urbanisation picked up pace, the BJP could make Surat and Ahmedabad its critical power centres. Contrast this with the Congress that pales before the Lotus that has a majority in eight metropolitan municipalities. Now, the […]
Hardik Patel, the BJP candidate in Viramgam, expressed confidence on Friday in his ability to win the upcoming Assembly election by saying that Viramgam is his “janmbhoomi, karmbhoomi, and matrabhoomi.” Hardik Patel said, “I’ve always achieved success by taking the difficult route. Even though Congress has held this seat for ten years, it is still […]
A survey by Lok Niti-CSDS has said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will almost completely capture the traditional vote share of the Congress in the Gujarat Assembly election this time around. In the 2017 Assembly election, the BJP won 99 seats and the Congress got 77 seats. The BJP got 49% and the Congress […]
The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) candidate from Surat (East) withdrew his nomination for the Gujarat Assembly election amid kidnapping allegations by AAP leaders. The AAP made a sensational allegation that Kanchan Jariwala was pressurised to withdraw his nomination from the Gujarat Assembly elections. The AAP allegation came hours after the party alleged that Jariwala was “kidnapped by the BJP” as he and his family have been missing since Tuesday. Tweeting […]
A senior Aam Aadmi Party leader has been accussed of sexual exploitation by a woman in Gujarat who has openly come out with her story which she says is to “make people of Gujarat aware of the third rated leader”. The woman from Surat has claimed that senior AAP leader and Gujarat Incharge Gulabsingh Yadav […]
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, Isudan Gadhvi, will contest from the Khambhalia constituency. The AAP’s supremo, Arvind Kejriwal, took to Twitter to make the announcement and stated, “Isudan Gadhvi, who raised his voice for years for farmers, unemployed youth, women, businessmen, will contest from Jam Khambhalia! Gujarat […]
In Gujarat, political equations are changing day by day. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kesarisinh Solanki left the party two days ago as BJP did not give him a ticket. Yesterday he joined the Aam Aadmi party, as AAP gave him a ticket. Today the MLA is back again with Bharatiya Janata Party. It is worth […]
When my fishmonger, Samuel Babu, changed his WhatsApp DP to the Aam Admi Party (AAP) logo six months ago, I sent him a congratulatory message. I’m always impressed by friends who enter the rough and tumble of electoral politics. When he changed this DP again earlier this month, this time to feature a photo of […]
Amidst the Gujarat elections, the Aam Aadmi Party has released the fourteen list of its candidates. In Gujarat Assembly election, the party aims to take on the ruling BJP. Party has named its many prominent leaders. The party is trying hard to gain ground in the state which has been dominated by the BJP for […]
