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Uddhav Thackeray calls Modi’s win ‘historic’
Mumbai: Describing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's decisive win in Gujarat Assembly polls as "historic", Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray today said Congress would meet the same fate in Maharashtra. "As in Gujarat, Congress will bite the dust in Maharashtra elections as well," Uddhav said in his congratulatory message to Modi. This was "a historic #Gujarat Elections 2012 #ModiTracker #Uddhav Thackeray
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Gujarat Elections: I will not rest, I will not tire, says Modi
The results of the Gujarat elections is set to be announced today deciding the political future of the state's Chief Minister Narendra Modi within his own party. The BJP is expected to win the election and come to power but the margin by which they win will be crucial for #BJP #Congress #Gujarat Elections 2012 #Keshubhai Patel #Narendra Modi
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Modi calls on Keshubhai, seeks blessings
Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Narendra Modi today called on Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) President Keshubhai Patel and sought his blessings after BJP's victory in the assembly elections. Modi drove to the residence of Patel, who fell out with the BJP stalwart and floated his own party ahead of the election, in Gandhinagar #Gujarat Elections 2012 #Keshubhai Patel #Narendra Modi #NewsTracker
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Five BJP minister lose battle even as Modi makes hat-trick
Ahmedabad: Even as Narendra Modi is well on the road to make a hat-trick in Gujarat, five incumbent BJP ministers lost the electoral battle. Among those defeated are three Cabinet ministers and two junior ministers. While Agriculture Minister Dileep Sanghani went down to Congress' Paresh Dhanani by a margin of 29,893 votes #BJP #Congress #Gujarat Elections 2012 #Gujarat Parivartan Party #Narendra Modi
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Gujarat polls: Shankarsinh Vaghela wins from Kapadwanj seat
Ahmedabad: Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela today won from Kapadwanj seat in Kheda district by a slender margin of 6,597 votes defeating his BJP rival Kanubhai Dabhi. Vaghela, head of Gujarat Congress campaign committee for the 2012 assembly elections, polled 88,641 votes while his opponent Dabhi secured 82,044 votes. After his victory, Vaghela #Congress #Gujarat Elections 2012 #Shankarsinh Vaghela
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Modi aide Amit Shah wins from Naranpura seat
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, an accused in Soharabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter cases, has won Naranpura seat defeating his nearest Congress rival Jitu B Patel by a margin of 63,335 votes. The former minister of state for home polled 1,03,988 votes, while Patel secured 40,653 votes. Shah, the #Gujarat Elections 2012
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How the social media played a role in NaMo’s victory
By Kartikeya Tanna As expected, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his party have secured a thumping victory for the third time in Gujarat. While much of the media has focused on the next two years and the “road to Delhi”, one aspect of Modi’s campaign, nurtured carefully in the past #Gujarat Elections 2012 #NaMo Cyber Campaign #Narendra Modi #social media
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Gujarat results: BJP rebel Kanu Kalsaria defeated
Ahmedabad: Rebel BJP MLA Kanu Kalsaria, who fought the elections under the banner of Sadbhavna Manch, today lost to BJP candidate in Gariadhar constituency in Bhavnagar district. Kalsaria, who rebelled against BJP and led a successful agitation against Nirma Cement Plant, tested his luck in the political field by fielding six #BJP #Gujarat Election 2012 #Kanubhai Kalsaria
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Gujarat can’t see Modi’s truth: Shweta Bhatt
Ahmedabad: After being defeated by Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Shweta Bhatt, a Congress candidate in Gujarat assembly polls and wife of suspended police officer Sanjeev Bhatt, on Thursday said people of Gujarat "can't see the truth" and "deserve Modi". "The result is unfortunate for the people of Gujarat. The people can't #Gujarat Elections 2012 #ModiTracker #Shweta Bhatt
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Modi is now clear No 1 in BJP – but challenges loom
As always, commenting on an election while results are just pouring in can be hazardous to one’s reputation. Before noon, when it seemed that Narendra Modi would not cross his 2007 seat count, we had assumed that the results would not be as favourable to the BJP as what the exit #BJP #Gujarat #Gujarat Elections 2012 #Karnataka #Narendra Modi #Nitin Gadkari
