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Hardik, Alpesh, Jignesh win — the road ahead for Gujarat’s ‘triumvirate’

While Thakor & Patel, once considered close to Rahul Gandhi, contested this Gujarat election on BJP tickets, Mevani, who had won in 2017 as an Independent, is now with Congress.

Gujarat’s Jignesh, Hardik, Alpesh left Modi-Shah desperate in 2017. But 2022 is different

While Alpesh Thakor and Hardik Patel are members of the BJP, they can no longer join forces within the party. Jignesh Mevani is a lone ranger in Congress.

Why Hardik Patel is losing his ‘mass leader’ appeal in Gujarat after joining Congress

Hardik Patel rose to prominence in 2015 on the back of Patidar quota agitation. He joined Congress in 2019, and was made its Gujarat unit working president in July 2020.

Congress wins 3 seats in Gujarat bypolls, defector Alpesh Thakor loses in Radhanpur

Alpesh Thakor’s aide Dhavalsinh Zala, who had also defected to the BJP, loses from Bayad. BJP wins Lunawada, Kheralu and Amraiwadi.

BJP fields former Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor in Gujarat bypoll

Alpesh Thakor, who was elected on a Congress ticket in 2017, will contest for BJP from Radhanpur, the seat he had won.

‘Outsiders’ are joining BJP & not everyone in the party is happy

‘Swelling is not growth’ seems to be the warning from some senior BJP and RSS leaders.

Alpesh Thakor, Congress’s OBC leader and Gujarat MLA, quits party

MLA Alpesh Thakor's Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena also severed ties with the Congress on Wednesday.

BJP confident OBC leader Alpesh Thakor will join soon, Congress confident he won’t

BJP sources say Alpesh Thakor is expected to join before announcement of Lok Sabha poll dates, Gujarat Congress chief says 'no such thing is happening'.

Gujarat Congress sidelining my people, high command doing nothing: Alpesh Thakor

OBC leader Alpesh Thakor says he's got ‘best interests of Congress’ in mind, but BJP sources say he’s in talks with party, might switch sides before elections.

BJP wants to do a political encounter on me, says Alpesh Thakor

OBC leader Alpesh Thakor, blamed for inciting attacks on migrant workers in Gujarat, claims innocence and says he is 'deeply hurt' by such politics.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.