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TopicGujarat Elections

Topic: Gujarat Elections

In Chhota Udepur’s Rathwa vs Rathwa, Congress loses veteran tribal leader ahead of Gujarat polls

10-time MLA Mohansinh Rathwa & Rajya Sabha MP Naransinh Rathwa have both claimed Chhota Udepur seat for their sons. On Tuesday, Mohansinh and his two sons joined the BJP.

Congress alleges AAP candidates for Gujarat polls selected by BJP

Former Gujarat MLA Indranil Rajguru, who quit the AAP to rejoin the Congress Friday alleged that the AAP was working in collusion with the BJP for the upcoming Gujarat assembly polls.

Congress reveals list of Gujarat candidates, includes ex-MLAs, sitting RS members

The 43 candidates for the state assembly elections include Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yagnik from the Ghatlodia constituency, Senior leader & former party MLA Arjun Modhwadia among others.

EC likely to announce schedule for Gujarat polls this week

Citing what was followed in 2017, the poll panel did not announce the Gujarat poll schedule with Himachal Pradesh election dates that came out earlier this month.

Gujarat garba season meets elections. BJP, AAP release political songs

From songs on Ram Mandir, sanatan dharma, Modi's life journey to Kejriwal's promises, politics has hijacked garba nights in Gujarat.

Why your MLA is more flexible than you think & who had the last laugh in Vedanta-Foxconn fiasco

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Gujarat polls, fear of ‘Muslim appeasers’ tag: Why AAP is silent on Bilkis Bano convicts’ release

Release of 11 people convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case has triggered nationwide outrage, with political parties — with the exception of BJP & AAP — criticising the move.

For gangsters of Porbandar, power is constant. It used to be guns, now its politics

The gang wars of Porbandar forever attached the coastal town to an irony that has become a cliche now– Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace has a violent saga to tell.

Broken roads, dirty drains—Surat not AAP’s Gujarat postcard. So harping on Delhi model

AAP wants to make Surat its launchpad in Gujarat. But most development projects won’t be ‘photo-op ready’ before elections in the state.

Gujarat is no Delhi. Challenge goes beyond ‘development’—contesting Modi’s iconic image

'Development' has again entered the political vocabulary of Gujarat. But Arvind Kejriwal must understand voters might not want the 'Delhi model'.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?