Shankarsinh Vaghela

Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia and former chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela on Tuesday said they have been issued summons by a court in Mehsana to appear as witnesses in a corruption case against former home minister.

Shankarsinh Vaghela, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, today joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Sharad Pawar in Ahmedabad.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela is set to join the Nationalist Congress Party, the state unit of the Sharad Pawar-led party said on Thursday.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela's son Mahendrasinh Vaghela, a two-time Congress lawmaker, today joined the BJP.

The BJP hopes to improve its tally in central Gujarat in the assembly election, convinced that former Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela's decision to quit the Congress will work in its favour. Party leaders said they were also banking on candidates who had switched over from the Congress to the BJP and a consolidation against the Patidar agitation...

Having headed the two main political parties in Gujarat, former chief minister Shankarsinh Vaghela is convinced that the Congress has deliberately lost out to the BJP, which will end up with a majority in the state Assembly elections.

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.

A day after securing a Rajya Sabha seat for Ahmed Patel, the political adviser to Sonia Gandhi, in a cliff-hanger election, the Congress on Wednesday cracked down on eight legislators who voted against him. Following the lead of strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, the legislators had defied the whip, or formal orders from the party, to vote for Mr Patel...

The Congress on Sunday produced 42 of its Gujarat lawmakers -- who are penned at a resort in Bengaluru -- before the media and said they have taken refuge in the Congress-ruled Karnataka as they feared for their lives ahead of the coming Rajya Sabha elections.

The Congress is flying out 44 of its Gujarat legislators to Bangalore on Friday night in damage control after six of them resigned in the last two days. Three have joined the BJP, in what is seen as an elaborate plan scripted by veteran politician Shankarsinh Vaghela to stall the return of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel to the Rajya Sabha in el...

As BJP chief Amit Shah flew into Gujarat on Thursday, three Congress legislators in the state resigned and joined the party. One of them, Balwantsinh Rajput, is being fielded by the BJP for next month's Rajya Sabha elections, as it attempts to prevent Ahmed Patel, political adviser to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, from getting re-elected to the ...

In Gujarat, where assembly elections are due later this year, the ruling BJP is pursuing a plan to embarrass the Congress and expose its weakness -it wants to prevent the re-election to the Rajya Sabha of Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. To ensure this, it's trying to team with local leader Shankarsinh Vaghela, w...

The Gujarat election and Vaghela will loom as one of the big early challenges for Rahul Gandhi when he takes over as Congress president in September.

Gujarat politician Shankersinh Vaghela, announced on Friday that he has resigned from the Congress, serving new worry for the party just ahead of assembly elections in the state. Mr Vaghela was addressing a 5,000-strong crowd that continuously cheered his one-and-a-half hour speech at a public rally organised in Gandhinagar to celebrate his 77th bi...

The day after 11 Congress lawmakers in Gujarat are believed to have voted for the NDA's presidential candidate, a much bigger challenge awaits the party today when its senior most leader Shankarsinh Vaghela starts to speak at a public event to celebrate his 77th birthday at Gandhinagar's town hall.

Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia and former chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela on Tuesday said they have been issued summons by a court in Mehsana to appear as witnesses in a corruption case against former home minister.

Shankarsinh Vaghela, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, today joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Sharad Pawar in Ahmedabad.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela is set to join the Nationalist Congress Party, the state unit of the Sharad Pawar-led party said on Thursday.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela's son Mahendrasinh Vaghela, a two-time Congress lawmaker, today joined the BJP.

The BJP hopes to improve its tally in central Gujarat in the assembly election, convinced that former Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela's decision to quit the Congress will work in its favour. Party leaders said they were also banking on candidates who had switched over from the Congress to the BJP and a consolidation against the Patidar agitation...

Having headed the two main political parties in Gujarat, former chief minister Shankarsinh Vaghela is convinced that the Congress has deliberately lost out to the BJP, which will end up with a majority in the state Assembly elections.

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.

A day after securing a Rajya Sabha seat for Ahmed Patel, the political adviser to Sonia Gandhi, in a cliff-hanger election, the Congress on Wednesday cracked down on eight legislators who voted against him. Following the lead of strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, the legislators had defied the whip, or formal orders from the party, to vote for Mr Patel...

The Congress on Sunday produced 42 of its Gujarat lawmakers -- who are penned at a resort in Bengaluru -- before the media and said they have taken refuge in the Congress-ruled Karnataka as they feared for their lives ahead of the coming Rajya Sabha elections.

The Congress is flying out 44 of its Gujarat legislators to Bangalore on Friday night in damage control after six of them resigned in the last two days. Three have joined the BJP, in what is seen as an elaborate plan scripted by veteran politician Shankarsinh Vaghela to stall the return of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel to the Rajya Sabha in el...

As BJP chief Amit Shah flew into Gujarat on Thursday, three Congress legislators in the state resigned and joined the party. One of them, Balwantsinh Rajput, is being fielded by the BJP for next month's Rajya Sabha elections, as it attempts to prevent Ahmed Patel, political adviser to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, from getting re-elected to the ...

In Gujarat, where assembly elections are due later this year, the ruling BJP is pursuing a plan to embarrass the Congress and expose its weakness -it wants to prevent the re-election to the Rajya Sabha of Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. To ensure this, it's trying to team with local leader Shankarsinh Vaghela, w...

The Gujarat election and Vaghela will loom as one of the big early challenges for Rahul Gandhi when he takes over as Congress president in September.

Gujarat politician Shankersinh Vaghela, announced on Friday that he has resigned from the Congress, serving new worry for the party just ahead of assembly elections in the state. Mr Vaghela was addressing a 5,000-strong crowd that continuously cheered his one-and-a-half hour speech at a public rally organised in Gandhinagar to celebrate his 77th bi...

The day after 11 Congress lawmakers in Gujarat are believed to have voted for the NDA's presidential candidate, a much bigger challenge awaits the party today when its senior most leader Shankarsinh Vaghela starts to speak at a public event to celebrate his 77th birthday at Gandhinagar's town hall.