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Jignesh Mewani rejects exit poll predictions of BJP win in Gujarat, says people need healthcare than bullet train
Fp Staff • 7 years agoWhile several exit polls predict BJP's return in Gujarat, social activist and Dalit lawyer Jignesh Mewani on Thursday said that BJP will lose in Gujarat this year with less than 80 seats.
Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Voting for second phase ends amid EVM malfunctioning, Congress protests
Fp Staff • 7 years agoVoting ended in the second of polling in Gujarat amid reports of malfunctioning EVM, clashes among party members and Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation.
Former Hardik Patel aide Dinesh Bambhania claims PAAS leader held 'secret meeting' with Robert Vadra
• 7 years agoIn a fresh attack on Hardik Patel on the last day of campaigning for Gujarat polls, his disgruntled aide Dinesh Bambhania claimed that the Patidar quota agitation leader had met Robert Vadra, Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law
Gujarat polls: Hardik, Alpesh, Jignesh represent 'Bobby moment' of politics and Congress' silliest experiment
Ajay Singh • 7 years agoThere is no doubt that Gujarat has been passing through a bizarre phase of electoral politics where one of two principal poles — the Congress — has set much store by the perceived charm of Hardik, Alpesh and Jignesh rather than on its own intrinsic strength
Hardik Patel begins roadshow in Ahmedabad despite denial of permission from police
• 7 years agoPatidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Hardik Patel on Monday began his 15-km-long roadshow in Ahmedabad despite the police denying permission to it.
Battleground Gujarat is a high-stakes contest between BJP, Congress: How the two parties' chances stack up
Fppolitics • 7 years agoThursday marked the end of campaigning in Battleground Gujarat for all parties in fray for the 182-seat state Assembly election. During the entire course, all eyes were on the two main parties—BJP and Congress—as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi left no stone unturned to seek an upper hand in the former's home turf.
'Gujarat voters have decided to vote BJP govt out,' says Congress after opinion poll finds parties neck and neck
• 7 years agoThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday dismissed as "wide off the mark" a new opinion polls findings that showed the Congress gaining heavily and fast catching up with the ruling party in Gujarat.
Asaduddin Owaisi asks people to 'pray for BJP's defeat,' says saffron party, Congress ignoring Muslims
• 7 years agoAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday alleged that the Congress and BJP were indulging in "sectarian" politics in poll-bound Gujarat by "ignoring" the interests of Muslims.
In rural Gujarat, water woes drive anger against BJP, but Modi is saffron party's trump card
Parth Mn • 7 years agoConsidering the anti-incumbency in key constituencies like farmers and rural Patidars in Gujarat, any decent opposition should run through the elections. But Modi is the BJP's trump card.
Gandhinagar police files case against Hardik Patel, six others for holding rally in Mansa without permission
Ians • 7 years agoThe Gandhinagar police has filed charges against Patidar leader Hardik Patel and six others for disturbing peace and breaking the law by holding a rally at Mansa despite not being given permission.