The exit polls result which have poured in clearly indicate a clear win for the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Commenting on the exit poll results, Gujarat BJP Chief CR Patil, in an interview with ANI said, “BJP was not contesting the elections to make the government, but to create […]
Gujarat Polls: Women CRPF team deployed in Ahmedabad
With political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi all set to exercise their franchise on Monday in the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly Elections, the women’s battalion of the CRPF team has been deployed in Ahmedabad, a BJP stronghold, to maintain the law and order situation. “Women battalion of […]
Gujarat Polls: Live webcasting of 13,065 polling stations underway to ensure transparency
The political fate of 788 candidates will be sealed in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly election, meanwhile live webcasting of 13,065 polling stations in 19 districts is underway to ensure transparency in the elections. The polling started at 8 am today and will conclude at around 5 pm […]
Gujarat Polls: People have resolved to remove BJP, says Congress’ Porbandar candidate
The Congress candidate from Gujarat’s Porbandar constituency Arjun Modhwadia on Thursday cast his vote for the first phase of polling in the Assembly election. Before casting his vote, Modhwadia told media persons that even the Bharatiya Janata Party is aware of the ‘people’s resolution to remove BJP’. “People have taken […]
Gujarat polls: Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja casts vote in Jamnagar
Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Jamnagar in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections and appealed to people to vote in large numbers. His wife and BJP candidate Rivaba Jadeja voted in Rajkot earlier today. “I appeal to the people to vote in large numbers,” said Ravindra […]
Gujarat Polls: Congress MLA carries ‘gas cylinder’ on his bicycle to cast vote
Congress MLA Paresh Dhanani cast his vote for Assembly elections in Gujarat in a bizarre manner as he carried a ‘gas cylinder’ with him on the bicycle he was riding. With the intention to underline the issues of high fuel prices, inflation and joblessness, the Congress MLA from Amreli went […]
Gujarat Polls: JP Nadda, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi urge people to vote in large numbers
BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal among others urged voters to cast their votes in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday. Taking to Twitter, Nadda appealed to all the State’s people to vote […]
Gujarat Polls: BJP candidate from Vansda Piyush Patel attacked
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate from Vansda, Piyush Patel was allegedly attacked by unknown miscreants late on Wednesday, ahead of voting that got underway on Thursday for the first phase of Gujarat elections. Patel the BJP candidate from Vansda alleged that he was travelling from Pratapnagar to Vandervela village with […]
Gujarat Polls: MP Governor Mangubhai Patel, Gujarat Minister Purnesh Modi cast their votes
Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and his wife cast their votes on Thursday at a polling booth in Navsari, in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. Gujarat Minister Purnesh Modi also exercised his franchise at a polling booth in Surat. The polling for the first phase of the […]
Gujarat Polls: To motivate young voters, 33 polling stations being run by youth
To motivate and inspire young voters, for the first time, 33 polling centres will be managed by young polling parties during the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday. Calling the voting day a festival of democracy, the CEC urged all the people of Gujarat […]
Gujarat Polls: PM Modi to hold 50 km long roadshow in Ahmedabad today
After a gap of two days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will once again return to the Gujarat election campaign trail and this time with a three-hour-long mega roadshow spanning across 16 assembly constituencies for the second phase of State Assembly elections. According to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), this mega show […]
Gujarat Polls: High-octane campaigning for first phase ends, voting on Dec 1
From power-packed rallies and roadshows by top leaders of the ruling BJP and other political parties to freebies promises and allegations and counter-allegations on each other, the high-octane campaigning for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections ended on Tuesday. Voting for 89 seats spread across 19 districts of […]
Gujarat polls: Former BJP Minister Jay Narayan Vyas joins Congress with his son
Former Gujarat Minister Jay Narayan Vyas on Monday joined the Congress at their party office in Ahmedabad. Vyas’ son Sameer Vyas also joined the Mallikarjun Kharge-led Congress in Ahmedabad. While the father-son duo switched from BJP to Congress, they were felicitated by party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajasthan Chief Minister […]
Gujarat polls: Amit Shah to chair BJP core committee meet today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday will chair an important meeting of Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) core committee members as the party gears up for the upcoming assembly elections in the State. All the leaders of the Gujarat BJP core committee have reached Delhi to attend the meeting. […]