Kandhalbhai Jadeja won on Samajwadi Party ticket after being denied one by Nationalist Congress Party. He secured 60,744 votes against BJP’s Dheliben Odedara's 34,032 votes.
Shah received over 68 percent of the votes till 1:30 p.m., as per ECI website trends. According to a party source, her grandfather was a friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress says entry of Independents ‘engineered’ by BJP to divide Muslim votes in Gujarat. BJP calls it ‘imaginary claim’ by Congress, accusing it of losing grip on its vote bank.
BJP blames 'conversion of tribals by Christian missionaries' as primary reason for recurring defeat in the area. But despite efforts by RSS, idea of ghar wapsi not making headway, concede members.
As BJP pulls out all stops to win ongoing Gujarat assembly elections & return to power in a state it has governed for 27 years, ThePrint's Praveen Jain brings glimpses from the campaign.
Analysis of Godhra's past election data reveals seat has always seen neck-and-neck fierce battles between Congress & BJP & winning margin has never crossed 3000 votes since 2002.
After ruling Gujarat for 27 years, BJP knows how to shield election outcomes from ground realities such as people’s hardships, leaderless govt and corrupt bureaucracy.
In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.
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.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
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.
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