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Alpesh Thakore Sets Tone, Congress Scales Up Protests In Gujarat Assembly
Alpesh Thakore, the 42-year-old backward class leader was suspended and another Congress lawmaker evicted from the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday as a belligerent Congress-led opposition created ruckus in the House as Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented his budget.
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'Upset' Nitin Patel Takes Charge After "Assurance" From Amit Shah
A crisis was averted in the newly-formed Gujarat government today, with BJP chief Amit Shah stepping in to address the grievances of Nitin Patel, the deputy of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mr Patel had been deeply unhappy with the portfolios he was given and Hardik Patel had been sending feelers to him.
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Vijay Rupani Takes Oath As Gujarat Chief Minister In Massive BJP Show Of Strength
Vijay Rupani, 61, took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister this morning, in a ceremony that doubled as a massive show of strength by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended, as did party chief Amit Shah and 18 BJP chief ministers. Key ally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was also there along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi.
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Post-99 No Change, Vijay Rupani Likely To Remain Gujarat Chief Minister
Vijay Rupani is likely to continue as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister, top BJP sources said, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley heads to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators will formally elect the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held...
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Congress vs BJP On Ahmed Patel Mystery Posters With A Communal Twist
As campaigning closes for the first phase of the bitterly fought Gujarat election, a poster controversy has erupted after banners were put up in some parts of Surat urging Muslims to vote for the Congress to ensure its senior leader Ahmed Patel becomes Chief Minister
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"Practice Democracy In Your Own Home," PM Modi Tells Congress: 10 Points
Boosted by the BJP victory in the civic polls in Uttar Pradesh and the upturn in the nation's economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today suggested a repeat in assembly polls in Gujarat where his party, the BJP, has ruled for 22 straight years. "We saw what happened there in the local elections. Congress was wiped out. UP knows the Congress...
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Hardik Patel-Congress Formula For Patidars Not Legally Tenable, Says BJP
For Hardik Patel it was never about ensuring reservation for the Patidars, alleged Gujarat's deputy chief minister Nitin Patel of the BJP today, accusing the 24-year-old activist of a sell-out after he announced his support for the Congress in next month's Gujarat elections.
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Let Cops Frame Terror Charge, Not Parties: Ahmed Patel's Swipe At Chief Minister Vijay Rupani
Ahmed Patel, the senior Congress leader who was accused by the BJP of links to a terror suspect, has told Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take its probe against the two suspects to its logical end and ensure that matters of national security aren't made "prisoners of politics".
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Ahmed Patel Snatches Win In Gujarat Rajya Sabha Nail-Biter: 10 Points
Congress leader Ahmed Patel is returning to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat for a fifth term, winning the third seat today in a bitterly fought election that became a massive prestige battle between the Congress and the BJP. The other two seats have been won easily by BJP chief Amit Shah, who makes his debut in Parliament, and union minister Smriti Ir...
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Congress Express Delivers 40 Gujarat Lawmakers To Bengaluru Resort: 10 Points
The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...
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Alpesh Thakore Sets Tone, Congress Scales Up Protests In Gujarat Assembly
Alpesh Thakore, the 42-year-old backward class leader was suspended and another Congress lawmaker evicted from the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday as a belligerent Congress-led opposition created ruckus in the House as Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented his budget.
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'Upset' Nitin Patel Takes Charge After "Assurance" From Amit Shah
A crisis was averted in the newly-formed Gujarat government today, with BJP chief Amit Shah stepping in to address the grievances of Nitin Patel, the deputy of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mr Patel had been deeply unhappy with the portfolios he was given and Hardik Patel had been sending feelers to him.
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Vijay Rupani Takes Oath As Gujarat Chief Minister In Massive BJP Show Of Strength
Vijay Rupani, 61, took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister this morning, in a ceremony that doubled as a massive show of strength by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended, as did party chief Amit Shah and 18 BJP chief ministers. Key ally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was also there along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi.
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Post-99 No Change, Vijay Rupani Likely To Remain Gujarat Chief Minister
Vijay Rupani is likely to continue as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister, top BJP sources said, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley heads to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators will formally elect the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held...
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Congress vs BJP On Ahmed Patel Mystery Posters With A Communal Twist
As campaigning closes for the first phase of the bitterly fought Gujarat election, a poster controversy has erupted after banners were put up in some parts of Surat urging Muslims to vote for the Congress to ensure its senior leader Ahmed Patel becomes Chief Minister
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"Practice Democracy In Your Own Home," PM Modi Tells Congress: 10 Points
Boosted by the BJP victory in the civic polls in Uttar Pradesh and the upturn in the nation's economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today suggested a repeat in assembly polls in Gujarat where his party, the BJP, has ruled for 22 straight years. "We saw what happened there in the local elections. Congress was wiped out. UP knows the Congress...
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Hardik Patel-Congress Formula For Patidars Not Legally Tenable, Says BJP
For Hardik Patel it was never about ensuring reservation for the Patidars, alleged Gujarat's deputy chief minister Nitin Patel of the BJP today, accusing the 24-year-old activist of a sell-out after he announced his support for the Congress in next month's Gujarat elections.
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Let Cops Frame Terror Charge, Not Parties: Ahmed Patel's Swipe At Chief Minister Vijay Rupani
Ahmed Patel, the senior Congress leader who was accused by the BJP of links to a terror suspect, has told Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take its probe against the two suspects to its logical end and ensure that matters of national security aren't made "prisoners of politics".
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Ahmed Patel Snatches Win In Gujarat Rajya Sabha Nail-Biter: 10 Points
Congress leader Ahmed Patel is returning to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat for a fifth term, winning the third seat today in a bitterly fought election that became a massive prestige battle between the Congress and the BJP. The other two seats have been won easily by BJP chief Amit Shah, who makes his debut in Parliament, and union minister Smriti Ir...
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Congress Express Delivers 40 Gujarat Lawmakers To Bengaluru Resort: 10 Points
The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...
