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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicGujarat civic polls

Topic: Gujarat civic polls

BJP playbook, with a twist: (Almost) entire Gujarat cabinet resigns ahead of local polls

16 cabinet ministers quit, new council to be sworn in Friday. After recent controversies, the BJP wants to plug perceived inefficiencies and holes in the administration, say sources.

21% votes in Gandhinagar, 28% in Surat: AAP gaining at cost of Congress in Gujarat civic polls

In Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, the AAP won only one seat against the BJP’s 41 and the Congress’ two, but secured 21% votes.

What Gujarat civic polls say about evolving national politics & fortunes of BJP, Congress, AAP

With new entrants like AAP and AIMIM in Gujarat, the Congress vote is now 'going abegging', says Shekhar Gupta in Episode 690 of #CutTheClutter.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.