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This morning, independent MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani shared a post on Twitter, saying that he had attended a mass wedding, samuh lagan, of the community in Patan district of Gujarat. Addressing the people at the event, Mevani encouraged the youth of the community to go for intercaste marriages without any fear. He said […]
The Congress party calls AIMIM the BJP’s B-Team and the AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi has often retaliated that it is the former that has been hand in glove with the ruling party in Gujarat for three decades and so can’t win elections in the State. But Owaisi’s sudden May 15 visit to Chhapi town in […]
Jignesh Mevani, an independent MLA from Vadgam who allies with Congress, this morning, said that the most important aspect in political activism is ethics and Hardik Patel, through his comments against the Congress has shown that he has no ethical inclination. “Hardik’s jibe over Congress was unethical and exposed his lack of integrity,” Mevani told […]
Gujarat has been under a vice-like grip of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1995, it has changed three chief ministers and sacked an entire Cabinet like chucking pawns from a chessboard with not a word of challenge. The Congress’ cookie has been consistently crumbling with 16 MLAs of its 2017’s 77 winners besides sundry spokespersons and […]
Days after having been bailed out by an Assam court, a magisterial court back home in North Gujarat’s Mehsana on Thursday convicted firebrand Dalit MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others for holding a rally way back in July 2017 without police permission. Mevani, local NCP leader Reshma Patel and nine others were slapped with three-month […]
Less than a week after the Gujarat Congress struck a bonhomie of sorts with Patidar leader and its State working president Hardik Patel, who has been sulking for months of being given short shrift in the party, at a ceremony to observe the death anniversary of his father, the 29-year-old Patel is at it again. […]
Independent Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, who was finally granted bail by Assam Police in two separate cases, will be reaching Ahmedabad by Tuesday evening. The Dalit leader and activist will then address a rally of his supporters at Juna Vadej. According to the sources, Mevani and his supporters have organized a meeting named ‘Satyamev Jayate […]
Not one to mince words where it comes to calling out a spade, Congress leader Jignesh Mevani sneered at the ruling BJP for “using a woman” to “frame a case” against him. The Dalit leader was finally released on bail Saturday morning and lambasted the BJP for doing a “cowardly thing.” Mevani was arrested in […]
To protest the arrest of Jignesh Mevani by Assam Police, Dalit households of more than 1,000 villages across Gujarat will plunge themselves into darkness for 15 minutes on the night of May 1. The day is marked as Gujarat Foundation Day. Lights will be switched off in these households (during the allotted 15 minutes) also […]
Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch today said that they will be protesting against the Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani’s arrest by organizing a state-wide agitation in Gujarat on May 1. ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ will aim to support the independent MLA’s fight for the welfare of the people belonging to scheduled casts and tribe as well as demand […]
Today in Gandhidham, Kutch District, an agitation started against the arrest of Jignesh Mevani by Assam Police. The protest was led by Gujarat Congress Scheduled Caste Department Chairman Hitendra Peedadiya, District Kutch Scheduled Caste Chairman Bharatbhai Solanki and Kutch District Congress President Yajuvendrasinh Jadeja. During the protests, the workers set an effigy of Prime Minister […]
Jignesh Mevani, an Independent MLA from the Vadgam constituency of Gujarat, was arrested by the Assam Police in the Banaskantha district late Wednesday. An FIR was lodged in Assam’s Kokrajhar police station related to tweet he posted on April 18, against which a complaint had been filed. “This case is lodged against Mevani under Sections […]
Hemant Kumar Shah MLA from Vadgam Constituency in Gujarat, Jignesh Mewani was arrested by Assam police at 11h 30 PM yesterday. The reason provided is one of his tweets. Here is the English translation of his Hindi tweet: MLA from Vadgam Constituency in Gujarat, Jignesh Mewani was arrested by Assam police at 11h 30 PM […]
Gujarat Congress MLA from Vadgam assembly seat and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani’s troubles seem to be increasing with a latest development coming in. The Assam Police arrested Jignesh Mevani from Palanpur at 11:30 pm on Wednesday. The police have left for Ahmedabad with Mevani and are expected to take him to Guwahati, Assam. According to […]
Challenging the Gujarat government, Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (NDRF) chief Jignesh Mevani said that they would take to the streets in agitation if their 14 demands are not met at the earliest. Led by Mevani, the community has asked for withdrawal of cases against the youth of the Dalit community and provide English schools in every ward […]
Gujarat MLA, Jignesh Mevani, along with thousands of people today took part in a bike rally at Sarangpur in Ahmedabad and paid tribute Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 131st birth anniversary. The leader and scores of men and women paid tribute by placing flower garlands around monumental figure of Ambedkar. Mevani is considered the spearhead of […]
At a time when global warming is threatening the very existence of Planet Earth, nearly 17,000 trees have been felled in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar in two years. The numbers came to light in response to Vadgam MLA (independent), Jignesh Mewani’s concern over green cover conservation. While sharing data during question hour, state forest minister Jagdish Vishwakarma […]
“Congress will press to fill up the vacant government posts around five lakh and to take strict actions against the people responsible for exam paper leak cases through the rally we will organise on March 28”, said Gujarat Congress Working President Hardik Patel Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mewani said, there is no hope for the unemployed […]
Three days after the brutal murder of a girl by her jilted lover in Surat, an avalanche of protest broke out on Tuesday with the Gujarat Congress demanding the resignation of Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, an MLA from the city. Simultaneously, several diamond industrialists and Patidar community leaders have handed over a […]
