When one invokes Swami Vivekananda in a bid to earn power, the electorate has every right to scrutinise that person on whether he is on his inspirer's path in his duties
Buoyed by British Government's decision to resume engagement with Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi took a swipe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying his government has not understood the importance of his state unlike the UK.
The Congress is hoping to take on the BJP's developmental agenda by promising sops for minorities.
The recommendations of the 2002 Delimitation Commission were approved by the president in 2008.
To keep a strict vigil on cash and bullion movement in poll-bound Gujarat, IT department has deputed its teams in every district and airport in the state.
Media projection that Narendra Modi is like a demon who will 'gobble up all Muslims' is wrong, the Shiv Sena supremo said.
This time, every candidate has a ceiling of Rs 16 lakh for election expenditure.
The 95-year-old, Shyam Saran Negi, is the oldest voter in the hill state.
Congress will not project any chief ministerial candidate in the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
Neither Narendra Modi nor Prem Kumar Dhumal were surprised by the elections dates. But Pitru Paksha is an irritant in Himachal Pradesh.
The ‘S’ word – “secularism” – which the party claims to swear by at the national level, has evidently gone past its use-by date in Gujarat, which is perhaps why Sonia Gandhi is for now soft-pedalling the theme.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi stuck to her party's strategic plan of not attacking Modi directly.
Coming out in support of former state minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi termed his arrest as "unfortunate" and claimed that he was falsely implicated in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Even though Kalsaria has time and again rebelled openly against the state BJP, Modi has till date never took any disciplinary action against him.
The BJP has called for the winter session of Parliament just when the Gujarat elections gather steam. What is cooking?
Britain has read the tea leaves, and has concluded that given the very real prospect that Modi will be re-elected to power a third time, and the infinite political possibilities that might open up soon after, it wants to get in on the 'winning' side early.
Vastanvi was removed from the post of vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband for praising Modi's development policy in January 2011.
Gujarat may not be a hard turf to reconquer for Chief Minister Narendra Modi but there are areas where the BJP may be surprised.
Modi also targeted Congress on promises made by the party before various elections.
Keshubhai Patel takes the same road as his political bete noire Narendra Modi did to keep the main right wing camps in good spirits.
For the last nine years, the village roads were never maintained and the education system had gone for a toss.
Gujarat Finance Minister Saurabh Patel called Joshi's effort as an attempt to malign Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The state Congress called Chief Minister Narendra Modi anti-people and anti-farmers.
Election Commission today relaxed the norms for enforcement of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) with regards to seizure of more than Rs 2.5 lakh cash in transit.
The BJP biggies go for a safer choice—Nitin Gadkari—rather than siding with Narendra Modi.
Other senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and party president Nitin Gadkari got a mere 3 percent each making Modi the indisputable numero uno.
The state Congress chief alleged that Rs 8,000 crore was squandered in the name of exploration and demanded an explanation from Modi.
The JD-U chief said that the welfare scheme for tribals—Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna—failed to achieve its goals.
The fact that political parties are turning to social networking sites ahead of the Gujarat assembly polls does not come as a surprise.