Assembly By Elections

A GST Waiver For Farmers In Gujarat, Congress Taunts BJP On Timing

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday October 24, 2017

The BJP government in Gujarat has waived the 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) that farmers who use the drip irrigation system have to pay, announcing today that the tax will be paid by a state government run Gujarat Green Revolution Company. This will cost the government 78 crores a year and will benefit lakhs of the state's farmers

Ashok Gehlot Alleges Snooping As Channels Air Hotel Clip Of Hardik Patel

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday October 24, 2017

Amid intense speculation that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while campaigning in Gujarat, quietly met Patidar activist Hardik Patel, a row has erupted over security footage from a luxury hotel in Ahmedabad aired on TV channels

Isn't Rahul Gandhi Visiting Gujarat: Election Commission Boss vs Congress

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday October 23, 2017

Elections in Gujarat will be called now that the festival season has ended and major relief and rescue work for the floods that deluged parts of the state has been completed, said Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti to NDTV today

'Invaluable Gift To India,' Says PM Modi On Ro-Ro Ferry Service: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Mahavir Rawat, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday October 22, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third visit to his home state Gujarat this month saw the announcement of projects worth Rs 2000 crore. The state also had its first "roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro)" ferry service - a Rs Rs. 650-crore initiative which the Prime Minister inaugurated this morning, calling it his "dream project". The day ended with a triumphan...

Day Before PM Modi's Gujarat Visit, 2 Hardik Patel Aides Join BJP: 10 Facts

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday October 22, 2017

Raising hopes of its ability to contain the damage to its support base among Gujarat's powerful Patel community, the BJP on Saturday acquired two prominent faces of the agitation that Hardik Patel had aggressively led in 2015, and they hit the ground running. In their first comments made hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in south Guja...

Activist Who Led Protests In Gujarat Is Congress' Big Catch Before Polls

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday October 22, 2017

Gujarat's backward activist leader Alpesh Thakor decided to join the Congress on Saturday, hours after the Congress sent him and two other youth leaders, Hardik Patel andJignesh Mevani,a very public, and open-ended invite to join them and fight the Gujarat assembly elections expected in early December.

In Battle With Siddaramaiah, Now Yeddyurappa Alleges 'Mega Coal Scam'

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday October 21, 2017

BJP's face in Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday accused Karnataka's chief minister Siddaramaiah and his power minister DK Shivakumar of involvement in a mega coal scam.

Virbhadra Singh Wins Round One, But Ticket For Son Not In The Bag Yet

India News | Reported by Sunetra Choudhury, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday October 20, 2017

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has shown his party the Congress who is boss in the hill state by turning the process of picking candidates for next month's assembly elections into a show of strength. But the real test for the 83-year-old will be whether the Congress will agree to field Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya for the ele...

Gujarat 'Eyesore' For Congress, Nehru-Gandhi Family, Says PM: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan | Tuesday October 17, 2017

Amit Shah is the man of the match of the BJP's victories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told lakhs of cheering BJP workers today at a mega show of strength in Gandhinagar, the capital of his home state Gujarat, where assembly elections will be held soon. The Prime Minister also made a scathing attack on the Congress and the Nehru Gandhi family, alle...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Address Mega Rally In Gujarat Today: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday October 16, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address around seven lakh BJP workers today in his home state Gujarat, where assembly elections will be held by the end of this year. On the eve of his visit to Gandhinagar, the Prime Minster tweeted, "I bow to the people of Gujarat for blessing BJP for decades. We will always fulfil the dreams of every Gujarati wi...

'Things Looking Up For Congress': Amarinder Singh On Punjab By-Poll Win

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday October 15, 2017

Punjab's ruling Congress celebrated an early Diwali today as it dislodged the BJP from its stronghold of Gurdaspur in the Lok Sabha by-elections. With the main opposition party AAP also in the running, the triangular contest was seen as a prestige battle for the ruling party, which won the assembly elections in the state six months ago.

'Fight Properly,' Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad To Congress On Gujarat Poll Dates Row

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Friday October 13, 2017

The Opposition's allegation that the Centre has pressured the Election Commission into delaying the announcement of assembly election dates in Gujarat is "uncalled for," union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today, challenging the Congress to "fight properly in Gujarat."

Why No Gujarat Poll Date, Questions Opposition, Alleging Link To PM Visit

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday October 13, 2017

The Congress has accused the ruling BJP of pressuring the Election Commission to delay announcing dates for the Gujarat assembly elections, alleging this was done to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "announce sops" at a mega rally planned in state capital Gandhinagar next week.

Congress Biggest Beneficiary Of Mahatma's Assassination: Uma Bharti

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Thursday October 12, 2017

The Congress has been the biggest beneficiary of the Mahatma Gandhi's assassination in 1948, Union Minister Uma Bharti said today, recalling that he had spoken about disbanding the Congress after Independence.

Himachal Pradesh Polls On November 9, Gujarat Before December 18

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 12, 2017

Assembly elections will be held in Himachal Pradesh on November 9 this year and votes will be counted on December 18, the Election Commission said today. It has not yet announced dates for assembly elections in Gujarat, but said that they would be held before December 18.

For PM Modi, A Visit To His School As Vadnagar Welcomes 'Son Of The Soil'

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Sunday October 8, 2017

On his first visit to his hometown Vadnagar since 2014 when he took over the top job in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid an impromptu visit to the school he had attended

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE: PM's Big Roadshow In Hometown Vadnagar

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Sunday October 8, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to his home state Gujarat, during which he inaugurated various infrastructure projects. On the second day of his visit today, PM Modi went to Vadnagar, his birth place, for the first time since becoming the prime minister in 2014.

Digital India Guarantees Transparency, Good Governance: PM At IIT Gandhinagar

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday October 7, 2017

As technology becomes central to the government's plan for improving standards of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for rapidly expanding the concept of digital literacy in rural areas, cautioning that a digital divide would otherwise create serious problems.

Ready For Simultaneous National, State Polls By Next Year: Election Commission

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 5, 2017

The Election Commission today launched a web-based application, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) network, aimed at efficient conduct of elections and said it would be "logistically equipped" by September 2018 to hold simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and assemblies.

In Gujarat Elections, It Is Going To Be Development Vs Development

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Friday September 29, 2017

The BJP has come up with a response to the social media campaign backed by the Congress that mocks the Gujarat growth story. And it keeps the focus sharply on development, the changes that the state has seen during the two decades that the BJP has been in power. The tagline: "Hu Vikas Chhu... Hu Gujarat chhu (I am development... I am Gujarat).

Rahul Gandhi In Gujarat Day 3 Live: Navsarjan Yatra Begins From Chotila Temple

India News | Edited By Bhanu Priya Vyas | Wednesday September 27, 2017

On the third and final leg of his Gujarat tour, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is on the Navsarjan Yatra from Chotila Temple. He is travelling to Chotila, Jasdan, Virpur, Jetpur and other towns before concluding the campaign at Khodaldham. On the second day, Mr Gandhi had visited Tankara and Dhrol in Jamnagar district and Wankaner in Morbi di...

Tracking Youth, Farmers' Votes, Rahul Gandhi To Begin 3-Day Gujarat Tour

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Sunday September 24, 2017

To boost the Congress's campaign for the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections, party Vice President Rahul Gandhi will start a three-day roadshow in the politically significant Saurashtra region on Monday.

Shankersinh Vaghela Floats Third Front In Gujarat, Could Hurt Congress

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Tuesday September 19, 2017

Senior Gujarat politician Shankersinh Vaghela who dumped the Congress in July announced formation of a third front in the state, Jan Vikalp, for elections to the 182-member assembly later this year-end.

BJP Trains Gujarat Leaders On Countering Congress' Meme Attack On Social Media

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Tuesday September 12, 2017

Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Nirmala Sitharaman, tasked with overseeing the BJP's campaign for assembly elections in Gujarat now a few months away, today met party workers and held a string of meetings in state capital Gandhinagar, among them a workshop on effective use of social media for the polls.

Amit Shah's Dig At Hardik Patel: 'Leaning Towards A Particular Party'

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday September 10, 2017

In a dig at the leaders of Patel quota agitation in Gujarat, BJP chief Amit Shah today said they were leaning towards a "particular political party" - an apparent reference to the state's opposition Congress. Addressing nearly 1.5 lakh young people from more than 300 locations in the state during a townhall video interaction he said reservation agi...

All Of North-East Will Be With BJP, Allies By 2018: Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 6, 2017

Sounding the bugle for the coming Assembly polls in three north-eastern states, BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said he was confident its alliance NEDA would soon rule the entire region, building on the development work done by the Narendra Modi government there.

At Meet On Northeast, Amit Shah Spells Out His Goal: A Perfect 8

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 5, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to "unite" the northeast and the six-party North-East Democratic Alliance should include all eight Chief Ministers from the region, BJP chief Amit Shah said today in what is seen as the clearest hint of the party's plans for the region ahead of the coming round of assembly elections. The second conclave of the all...

Siddaramaiah Cracks Down On BJP's Mangaluru Chalo Rally: 10 Facts

Karnataka News | Reported by Harish Upadhya, Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday September 5, 2017

More than 1,900 BJP workers were detained by Karnataka police today after they started a bike rally from Bangaluru to for Mangaluru despite being effused permission. The Mangaluru Chalo rally, the BJP said, was meant to draw attention to killings of right-wing workers in communally sensitive areas. The ruling Congress says the rally would raise com...

In 'Dialogue' With Party Workers, Rahul Gandhi Targets PM Modi

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 5, 2017

Three months before the assembly elections in Gujarat, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi rolled out the poll campaign on Monday with what the party called a direct dialogue with its workers.

Ahead Of Gujarat Polls, Congress Hopes Rahul Gandhi's Visit Will Boost Campaign

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Sunday September 3, 2017

With just months left for assembly elections in Gujarat, Congress has chalked out an extensive poll campaign for party Vice President Rahul Gandhi.