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Saturday, November 15, 2025
TopicGujarat polls

Topic: Gujarat polls

BJP’s ‘musical chairs’ in Gujarat, the tried-and-tested formula behind its 3-decade grip on power

In 2022, BJP president JP Nadda had said Gujarat was the party’s 'laboratory' for governance and party organisation and the BJP will 'implement this model across the country'. 

‘If every state unit functions as Gujarat unit…’ — Modi’s cue to BJP ranks after Himachal loss

At parliamentary party meet, PM praised Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil for poll spadework. He also used example of Bengal under Left Front to highlight progress made in his home state.

Why use a condom when you can blame it on Congress & how AAP can power its way to ‘shocking’ win

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

48 candidates, 41 wins: How Patidars played decisive role in BJP’s record-breaking Gujarat victory

In community's stronghold Saurashtra, BJP won 39 of total 48 seats, up from 19 in 2017. Quota in jobs & education as well as special loan helped party, says a BJP leader.

BJP’s plan of pushing new faces pays off in Rajkot (West), Darshita Shah emerges clear winner

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.

Modi & Shah wrest their hometowns from Congress, lotus blooms again in Gujarat’s Unjha & Mansa

Dubbed as prestige battle, Kiritkumar Keshavlal Patel & JS Patel ensure double delight for BJP. A first-time candidate, Kiritkumar records win margin of 51,000-plus votes in Unjha.

Could opposition breach ‘BJP fortress’ Gujarat? Urdu press says polls can surprise

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Xi didn’t start the fire & a newly discovered Himalayan peak, ‘Kem Cho’

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

Bilkis Bano praised Kejriwal at ‘Muslim rally’ for AAP, claims Hindu Right press as Gujarat votes

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few weeks.

‘Ravan, rakhshas, cockroach, Hitler:’ There is a competition in Congress to abuse me, says Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi clapped back at the Opposition Congress on Thursday for calling him names during their campaign for the ongoing...

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.