Alpesh Thakor, another ex-Congress MLA Dhavalsinh Zala set to join BJP after OBC leader's outfit gives nod
• 6 years agoBoth Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala had apparently cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat held on 5 July and then resigned as Congress MLAs.
Gujarat court reissues summons to Rahul Gandhi in defamation case filed by BJP worker for remark against Amit Shah
• 6 years agoA Gujarat court issued fresh summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi directing him to appear in a criminal defamation suit filed against him by a local BJP leader for remarks against Amit Shah.
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to visit Ahmedabad today; Gujarat BJP to felicitate leaders for Lok Sabha election sweep
• 6 years agoPrime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah will be felicitated by the Gujarat unit of the party in Ahmedabad on Sunday following the massive victory in the Lok Sabha election.
Gujarat BJP president Jitubhai Vaghani banned from campaigning for 72 hours after violating Model Code of Conduct
• 6 years agoVaghani has been barred from campaigning for violating the MCC at Amroli in Surat on 7 April. The model code is a set of instructions and guidelines to be followed by political parties and candidates for the conduct free and fair elections.
Will he, won't he? Suspense on LK Advani contesting polls continues; sources say 91-yr-old may decide to hang up his boots
• 6 years agoAdvani brought a paradigm shift in Indian politics through his Rath Yatra in 1992 in support of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and played a key role in the BJP's evolution
Senior Gujarat BJP leader Jayanti Bhanushali shot dead in moving train, CM Vijay Rupani promises action against those found guilty
• 6 years agoSenior Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali was shot dead by unidentified persons while he was travelling in a train in the early hours of Tuesday.
2019 Lok Sabha polls: Confident of winning all 26 seats in state like in 2014 elections, says Gujarat BJP
• 7 years agoAlthough BJP chief Amit Shah has set the target of retaining all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat in the 2019 elections, it appears to be an uphill task for his party considering its performance in the 2017 Assembly polls.
Vijay Rupani back in Gujarat chief minister's chair despite incumbency factor and Patidar quota stir
• 7 years agoVijay Rupani, a low-profile RSS man who has the trust of BJP president Amit Shah, is back in the chief minister's chair after having survived the incumbency factor and a violent quota stir by the Patidars
Gujarat Assembly Election 2017 Results: List of constituencies won by BJP, Congress by small margins
Fppolitics • 7 years agoEven though the BJP managed to retain Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat with 99 seats, it was was closely fought battle.
Gujarat Assembly Election Results: BJP for a Gujarati is what CPM was for a Bengali; majoritarianism has trumped governance
Ashish Mehta • 7 years agoBJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1995 & shows no signs of anti-incumbency. What we are witnessing is comparable only to long CPM rule in West Bengal.