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Gujarat Election 2022: 25 seats to watch out for
•In 2017, the BJP won by a narrow margin, bagging less than 100 seats faced with the Congress as the chief Opposition that bagged 77 seats
Urban voters to Delhi model: How Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP is prepping up for Gujarat
Sayantan Ghosh •Kejriwal is aiming to woo the traditional Congress supporters by focusing on the urban voter base and promising to implement the Delhi model of governance, which is centred on a number of freebie schemes
Battle for Patidar votes heats up in Gujarat: Narendra Modi unveils multiple projects for Patels; Hardik set to join Congress
Fp Staff •Hardik, who in 2015 led a section of Patidars in a struggle for OBC status that saw him land up in jail, is likely to contest the Lok Sabha election from Jamnagar.
Budget 2018: Low growth, subdued investment, widening deficit are Narendra Modi's big challenges
Amit Kapoor •The fact that this will be the last full budget before the 2019 elections and that the government has already spent all of its budgeted expenditure for this financial year will further complicate matters.
Rahul Gandhi revamps communication strategy as Congress seeks fresh faces with an eye on Karnataka polls
Debobrat Ghose •After the relative success of the Gujarat campaign, the Congress wants to replicate the communication template at the national level, with a dose of improvisation.
Denied key portfolios, Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel misses office, shuns govt vehicle and official escort
Ians •Nitin was holding the hefty departments of Finance, Petrochemicals, Urban Development and Urban Housing, Roads and Buildings, Capital Project, Narmada, and Kalpasar, in the previous regime
Narendra Modi's Gujarat development model was debunked during Assembly polls, says Rahul Gandhi
•Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-talked-about Gujarat development model was debunked during the Gujarat polls at a review meeting of the state Assembly election
Gujarat Election: Two FIRs registered against PAAS leader Hardik Patel for holding roadshows without permission
Fp Staff •Two FIRs have been filed against Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel for organising roadshows without permission during the Gujarat Assembly Election
Modi-Shah delay hunt for CMs after BJP faces new Gujarat caste maths, PK Dhumal lost in Himachal Pradesh
Sanjay •Although BJP won both the states, the nature of the verdict has now brought in other contenders for the top executive post in these states compelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah to review the mandate.
Gujarat Election Results: Reports compare Rahul Gandhi to Mahabharat's Abhimanyu, say he took battle to heart of BJP bastion
Ians •In the Gujarat Assembly elections, it was not a battle between the newly-elected Congress president Rahul Gandhi versus Prime Minister Narendra Modi — it was Rahul versus the entire government machinery and more.