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  • Gujarat Congress asks BJP leaders to sign up for dharna over problems regarding OBCs

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    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Congress invited outstanding OBC leaders from the BJP to take part in a sit-in dharna organised in Gandhinagar on August 22 regarding the problems with Different Backward Categories, together with the desire for reservations for them in native our bodies.

    Thru social media, Congress Legislative Celebration in Gujarat chief Amit Chavda invited a bunch of OBC MLAs, MPs and ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) to wait the ‘Swabhiman Dharna’ (Take a seat-in for self-respect) organised at Satyagrah Chhavni floor in Gandhinagar at 10:30 am.

    Importantly, the Opposition Congress has invited senior OBC politicians from the ruling BJP celebration to take part in a sit-in in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to lift consciousness about various problems impacting the Different Backward Categories, together with the desire for reservation for them in native our bodies.

    Amit Chavda mentioned, “We’ve invited political leaders of all communities, all religions, all events to speak about the quite a lot of problems with the OBC neighborhood as of late.”

    “Below the “Swabhiman Dharna”, 4 calls for had been made to the federal government. In which caste-based inhabitants census has been demanded. Except for that, we’re calling for the implementation of a 27% OBC reservation in native self-government establishments, a 27% allocation of state Funds for the OBC inhabitants, and allotment of seats as in line with reservation in cooperatives additionally.” Mentioned Chavda

    The Gujarat Congress has accused the BJP of seeking to finish the illustration of OBCs in native our bodies.

    In keeping with Chavda, the protest has been arranged via a non-political outfit known as “OBC Anamat Bachao Samiti”, which used to be shaped remaining 12 months to lift the problems regarding the neighborhood.

    The principle rivalry of the opposition celebration is the “lengthen” in making public a file submitted via a fee shaped remaining 12 months via the BJP authorities to determine the character and implications of backwardness in native our bodies to make a decision on reservations for OBCs in them.

    The file used to be submitted via the fee in April this 12 months. Because the file has now not been made public, elections to a number of native our bodies had been placed on cling within the state, the Congress alleged.

    In the meantime, OBCs make up nearly all of Gujarat’s inhabitants. Within the loss of new information, some estimates position them at just about 40% of the inhabitants. Within the 2022 meeting elections, 58 of the 182 applicants at the saffron celebration’s price ticket are from Different Backward Categories (OBCs).

    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Congress invited outstanding OBC leaders from the BJP to take part in a sit-in dharna organised in Gandhinagar on August 22 regarding the problems with Different Backward Categories, together with the desire for reservations for them in native our bodies.

    Thru social media, Congress Legislative Celebration in Gujarat chief Amit Chavda invited a bunch of OBC MLAs, MPs and ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) to wait the ‘Swabhiman Dharna’ (Take a seat-in for self-respect) organised at Satyagrah Chhavni floor in Gandhinagar at 10:30 am.

    Importantly, the Opposition Congress has invited senior OBC politicians from the ruling BJP celebration to take part in a sit-in in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to lift consciousness about various problems impacting the Different Backward Categories, together with the desire for reservation for them in native our bodies.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Amit Chavda mentioned, “We’ve invited political leaders of all communities, all religions, all events to speak about the quite a lot of problems with the OBC neighborhood as of late.”

    “Below the “Swabhiman Dharna”, 4 calls for had been made to the federal government. In which caste-based inhabitants census has been demanded. Except for that, we’re calling for the implementation of a 27% OBC reservation in native self-government establishments, a 27% allocation of state Funds for the OBC inhabitants, and allotment of seats as in line with reservation in cooperatives additionally.” Mentioned Chavda

    The Gujarat Congress has accused the BJP of seeking to finish the illustration of OBCs in native our bodies.

    In keeping with Chavda, the protest has been arranged via a non-political outfit known as “OBC Anamat Bachao Samiti”, which used to be shaped remaining 12 months to lift the problems regarding the neighborhood.

    The principle rivalry of the opposition celebration is the “lengthen” in making public a file submitted via a fee shaped remaining 12 months via the BJP authorities to determine the character and implications of backwardness in native our bodies to make a decision on reservations for OBCs in them.

    The file used to be submitted via the fee in April this 12 months. Because the file has now not been made public, elections to a number of native our bodies had been placed on cling within the state, the Congress alleged.

    In the meantime, OBCs make up nearly all of Gujarat’s inhabitants. Within the loss of new information, some estimates position them at just about 40% of the inhabitants. Within the 2022 meeting elections, 58 of the 182 applicants at the saffron celebration’s price ticket are from Different Backward Categories (OBCs).

  • Congress calls for reaction from PM Modi on Gujarat conman who posed as PMO reputable on discuss with to Kashmir

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    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Congress held a press convention in Ahmedabad on Friday, calling for strict motion in opposition to conman Kiran Patel who visited Jammu and Kashmir within the guise of an reputable from the Top Minister’s Place of work and moved with Z-plus safety.

    Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi mentioned, “When details about Kiran Patel’s discuss with to the extraordinarily delicate area of Jammu and Kashmir as a PMO reputable got here to mild, it raised primary considerations for everybody, particularly at the country’s safety. The Top Minister will have to reply to the electorate of the country.”

    Patel pretended to be an Further Director (Technique and Marketing campaign) within the Top Minister’s Place of work or even had a PMO visiting card. He were arrested via police in Srinagar on March 3. After the expiry of 15 days of police custody, he has now been despatched to fifteen days judicial custody.

    All through wondering, the investigating companies came upon that Patel was once at first from Isanpur, Ahmedabad. He had introduced a bungalow just a 12 months prior to.

    His spouse Malini Patel has claimed that he’s blameless. Chatting with native media in Ahmedabad, she mentioned, “Kiran is at this time in Srinagar however he has been framed. By no means have we executed the rest mistaken. And from Kashmir, we had a good reaction. Kiran went there to assist Kashmir flourish, however he was once framed there. All prior circumstances in opposition to us had been pushed aside.”

    Kiran Patel, who’s relatively articulate, liked main a glamorous lifestyles. He has posted pictures on social media of himself with BJP leaders together with Union House Minister Amit Shah. He additionally claimed association with a lot of overseas universities via posting letters from the ones establishments on social media.

    Patel could also be the founding father of an NGO in Ahmedabad, All through the lockdown, he introduced a marketing campaign during which his volunteers allotted loose medication to other people in want throughout Ahmedabad. He additionally created a WhatsApp crew known as ‘RP Serving to Arms’ for this function during which he used to connect to other people and replace them on his paintings and the place he went.

    This isn’t the primary time that an FIR has been registered in opposition to Patel.

    “Two earlier FIRs had been lodged in opposition to him in Ahmedabad, during which there have been issues of take a look at returns and private dues. Apart from this, there aren’t any circumstances in opposition to him. He was once given safety via a political pal to go back and forth to Kashmir,” Patel’s legal professional Nisar Vaidya advised native media.

    Patel is lively on social networking websites like Twitter, Instagram and Fb. His account could also be verified on Twitter.

    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Congress held a press convention in Ahmedabad on Friday, calling for strict motion in opposition to conman Kiran Patel who visited Jammu and Kashmir within the guise of an reputable from the Top Minister’s Place of work and moved with Z-plus safety.

    Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi mentioned, “When details about Kiran Patel’s discuss with to the extraordinarily delicate area of Jammu and Kashmir as a PMO reputable got here to mild, it raised primary considerations for everybody, particularly at the country’s safety. The Top Minister will have to reply to the electorate of the country.”

    Patel pretended to be an Further Director (Technique and Marketing campaign) within the Top Minister’s Place of work or even had a PMO visiting card. He were arrested via police in Srinagar on March 3. After the expiry of 15 days of police custody, he has now been despatched to fifteen days judicial custody.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    All through wondering, the investigating companies came upon that Patel was once at first from Isanpur, Ahmedabad. He had introduced a bungalow just a 12 months prior to.

    His spouse Malini Patel has claimed that he’s blameless. Chatting with native media in Ahmedabad, she mentioned, “Kiran is at this time in Srinagar however he has been framed. By no means have we executed the rest mistaken. And from Kashmir, we had a good reaction. Kiran went there to assist Kashmir flourish, however he was once framed there. All prior circumstances in opposition to us had been pushed aside.”

    Kiran Patel, who’s relatively articulate, liked main a glamorous lifestyles. He has posted pictures on social media of himself with BJP leaders together with Union House Minister Amit Shah. He additionally claimed association with a lot of overseas universities via posting letters from the ones establishments on social media.

    Patel could also be the founding father of an NGO in Ahmedabad, All through the lockdown, he introduced a marketing campaign during which his volunteers allotted loose medication to other people in want throughout Ahmedabad. He additionally created a WhatsApp crew known as ‘RP Serving to Arms’ for this function during which he used to connect to other people and replace them on his paintings and the place he went.

    This isn’t the primary time that an FIR has been registered in opposition to Patel.

    “Two earlier FIRs had been lodged in opposition to him in Ahmedabad, during which there have been issues of take a look at returns and private dues. Apart from this, there aren’t any circumstances in opposition to him. He was once given safety via a political pal to go back and forth to Kashmir,” Patel’s legal professional Nisar Vaidya advised native media.

    Patel is lively on social networking websites like Twitter, Instagram and Fb. His account could also be verified on Twitter.

  • Regardless of a foul loss in Gujarat polls, large-scale tug-of-war in Congress to select Opposition chief

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    AHMEDABAD: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who held a press convention in Jaipur on Friday, blamed that if the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) had no longer been “post as a proxy to focus on” his celebration, they might have gained the not too long ago concluded Gujarat meeting elections. However the inner struggle of Gujarat Congress leaders for opposition leaders’ posts tells a unique tale.

    Prior to the consultation of the Gujarat Meeting on twentieth December, there’s a large-scale tug-of-war happening within the Gujarat Congress to come to a decision the Chief of the Opposition within the Meeting. Importantly, greater than 3 congress leaders blamed the manager of the Gujarat Congress for his or her defeat.

    A Congress chief at the situation of anonymity stated “On one hand, the discussions of defeat within the Congress are happening within the state workplace, alternatively, Congress leaders C.J. Chavda, Shailesh Parmar, and 4 to 5 different MLAs who’ve gained, are lobbying as much as Delhi Prime Command to lead them to a pacesetter of the opposition (LOP),”

    “Importantly, each and every chief who lobbied for the Chief of the Opposition from the state to the Delhi stage emphasised the unwell results if any other chief used to be made the Chief of the Opposition. Each chief are Complaining in regards to the reverse chief,” he additional stated

    But even so cutthroat pageant for Lop, Many Gujarat Congress leaders complained in regards to the congress president and leaders for his or her defeat, former MLA Raghu Desai, who misplaced the Meeting polls from Ranadharpur in Patan district, has requested the central management to droop state unit president Jagdish Thakor, alleging his “shut mates” had labored in opposition to the celebration.

    Desai additionally wrote a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announcing “Some celebration leaders had labored in opposition to the hobby of the celebration and in addition to defeat me within the election. A few of them have been shut mates of Jagdish Thakor. Because the GPCC president, he by no means managed such folks and performed crucial function
    in defeating me,” alleged Desai.

    Congress’ Lone Muslim MLA from Ahmedbad’s Jamal Pur Khadia Meeting Blamed Rahul Gandhi and Delhi management for his or her defeat. Chatting with Native Media, MLA Imran Khedawala stated, “Rahul Gandhi used to be busy with ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ which used to be to be arranged a 12 months in the past. It might be absolute best in case you requested in Delhi why this Yatra didn’t undergo Gujarat. The celebration will have to have excited by Gujarat. The way in which BJP landed its nationwide leaders right here, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi’s rally will have to were held right here,”

    Surat Congress president Hasmukh Desai additionally blamed State management, announcing “Gujarat in fee Dr. Raghu Sharma, State President Jagdish Thakor, AICC Co-Incharge – South Zone BM Sandeep didn’t co-ordinate with the Surat Town President within the election operations, even after this sort of dangerous defeat of Congress,
    the leaders are throwing dust at every different for the placement of LOP.”

    Importantly, on one facet the place congress leaders are preventing for LOP Publish, some senior leaders are claiming that there’s no codified rule within the Gujarat Meeting on granting the standing of LoP, however a norm is being adopted meeting since 1960, in step with which any celebration that will get at least 10 in keeping with cent of
    the whole seats, will get recognised as an opposition celebration. The Congress is one in need of the ten% mark, at 18 seats, it’s left to the Speaker whether or not to grant the standing to the biggest opposition celebration or no longer.

    AHMEDABAD: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who held a press convention in Jaipur on Friday, blamed that if the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) had no longer been “post as a proxy to focus on” his celebration, they might have gained the not too long ago concluded Gujarat meeting elections. However the inner struggle of Gujarat Congress leaders for opposition leaders’ posts tells a unique tale.

    Prior to the consultation of the Gujarat Meeting on twentieth December, there’s a large-scale tug-of-war happening within the Gujarat Congress to come to a decision the Chief of the Opposition within the Meeting. Importantly, greater than 3 congress leaders blamed the manager of the Gujarat Congress for his or her defeat.

    A Congress chief at the situation of anonymity stated “On one hand, the discussions of defeat within the Congress are happening within the state workplace, alternatively, Congress leaders C.J. Chavda, Shailesh Parmar, and 4 to 5 different MLAs who’ve gained, are lobbying as much as Delhi Prime Command to lead them to a pacesetter of the opposition (LOP),”

    “Importantly, each and every chief who lobbied for the Chief of the Opposition from the state to the Delhi stage emphasised the unwell results if any other chief used to be made the Chief of the Opposition. Each chief are Complaining in regards to the reverse chief,” he additional stated

    But even so cutthroat pageant for Lop, Many Gujarat Congress leaders complained in regards to the congress president and leaders for his or her defeat, former MLA Raghu Desai, who misplaced the Meeting polls from Ranadharpur in Patan district, has requested the central management to droop state unit president Jagdish Thakor, alleging his “shut mates” had labored in opposition to the celebration.

    Desai additionally wrote a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announcing “Some celebration leaders had labored in opposition to the hobby of the celebration and in addition to defeat me within the election. A few of them have been shut mates of Jagdish Thakor. Because the GPCC president, he by no means managed such folks and performed crucial function
    in defeating me,” alleged Desai.

    Congress’ Lone Muslim MLA from Ahmedbad’s Jamal Pur Khadia Meeting Blamed Rahul Gandhi and Delhi management for his or her defeat. Chatting with Native Media, MLA Imran Khedawala stated, “Rahul Gandhi used to be busy with ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ which used to be to be arranged a 12 months in the past. It might be absolute best in case you requested in Delhi why this Yatra didn’t undergo Gujarat. The celebration will have to have excited by Gujarat. The way in which BJP landed its nationwide leaders right here, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi’s rally will have to were held right here,”

    Surat Congress president Hasmukh Desai additionally blamed State management, announcing “Gujarat in fee Dr. Raghu Sharma, State President Jagdish Thakor, AICC Co-Incharge – South Zone BM Sandeep didn’t co-ordinate with the Surat Town President within the election operations, even after this sort of dangerous defeat of Congress,
    the leaders are throwing dust at every different for the placement of LOP.”

    Importantly, on one facet the place congress leaders are preventing for LOP Publish, some senior leaders are claiming that there’s no codified rule within the Gujarat Meeting on granting the standing of LoP, however a norm is being adopted meeting since 1960, in step with which any celebration that will get at least 10 in keeping with cent of
    the whole seats, will get recognised as an opposition celebration. The Congress is one in need of the ten% mark, at 18 seats, it’s left to the Speaker whether or not to grant the standing to the biggest opposition celebration or no longer.

  • First section of Gujarat Meeting elections in 89 seats the following day: All you want to understand

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    AHMEDABAD: Balloting shall be hung on Thursday for the primary section of Gujarat Meeting elections in 89 seats unfold throughout 19 districts in Saurashtra-Kutch and southern portions of the state the place 788 applicants are within the fray. Campaigning for the primary section of the elections within the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP)-ruled state ended at 5 pm on Tuesday.

    Balloting shall be held between 8 am and 5 pm on Thursday throughout 14,382 polling stations, the administrative center of the state Leader Electoral Officer (CEO) stated in a free up.

    Out of the full 4,91,35,400 registered electorate in Gujarat, 2,39,76,670 are eligible to solid their votes within the first section of the elections.

    Those come with 5.74 lakh electorate within the age crew of 18-19 years, and four,945 above the age of 99 years, the administrative center of the state CEO stated.

    Out of the 89 seats going to polls within the first section, the BJP gained 48 within the 2017 election, the Congress had gained 40, whilst one seat used to be bagged by means of an unbiased candidate.

    Who’re contesting?

    Excluding the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP), 36 different political outfits, together with the Bahujan Samaj Birthday party (BSP), Samajwadi Birthday party (SP), Communist Birthday party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bharatiya Tribal Birthday party (BTP) have additionally fielded applicants in quite a lot of seats which is able to cross to polls within the first section.

    The BJP and Congress are contesting in the entire 89 seats.
    The brand new ballot entrant AAP is contesting 88 seats. Its candidate from Surat East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the birthday party with one much less seat to contest within the first section
    The BSP has fielded 57 applicants, BTP 14 and CPI-M 4 applicants.
    As many as 339 independents also are within the fray within the first section of polls.

    Out of the full 788 applicants, 70 are ladies together with 9 fielded by means of the BJP, six by means of the Congress and 5 by means of the AAP.

    ALSO READ | How scrapped mission can harm BJP in Gujarat tribal seats

    Who’re one of the vital outstanding applicants?

    AAP’s leader ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi is contesting from Khambhalia seat in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Saurashtra area that is going to polls on Thursday.

    AAP state unit president Gopal Italia is contesting from Katargam in Surat.

    Amongst different outstanding applicants within the first section are Rivaba Jadeja, the spouse of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, who’s contesting from Jamnagar (North), and BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Purnesh Modi from other seats in Surat and five-time MLA Parshottam Solanki from Bhavnagar (Rural).

    Sitting Congress MLAs like Lalit Kagathara, Lalit Vasoya, Rutvik Makwana and Mohammad Javed Pirzada are some of the applicants in fray within the first section from seats in Saurashtra area.

    Seven-time MLA and veteran tribal chief Chhotu Vasava is contesting from Jhagadia in Bharuch.

    ALSO READ | Gujarat elections 2022: Morbi, Porbandar, Anand… listed here are 25 seats to be careful for

    Which might be the important thing areas to appear out for?

    With 54 seats, the Saurashtra-Kutch area shall be a very powerful for the Congress because it seeks to raised its efficiency.

    Within the area, the Congress gained 30 seats in 2017 in comparison to 16 within the 2012 election. The BJP, alternatively, used to be lowered to 23 seats in 2017 as towards 35 gained by means of it within the earlier election.

    In south Gujarat, the Congress in 2017 bettered its tally to ten in comparison to six within the earlier polls, whilst the BJPs tally dropped to twenty-five within the ultimate election from 28 previous.

    South Gujarat additionally contains Surat town with 12 seats that have remained the BJP’s bastion since a very long time.

    The BJP has this time discovered a challenger within the AAP which has fielded a few of its senior state leaders from Surat and hopes to win seven-eight seats within the town, as declared by means of its nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal.

    Gujarat AAP’s state president Gopal Italia is the candidate from Katargam, basic secretary Manoj Sorathiya from Karanj and Patidar group chief Alpesh Kathiriya from Varachha Street in Surat.

    ALSO READ | Accept as true with within the KHAP: How caste equations are on the middle of the 2022 Gujarat elections  

    Who have been the campaigners?

    The BJP, Congress and AAP leaders held roadshows and addressed public rallies as a part of their high-pitched marketing campaign within the run-up to the elections.

    The ruling birthday party’s marketing campaign used to be led by means of High Minister Narendra Modi, Union House Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, leader ministers of BJP-ruled states together with Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Pramod Sawant (Goa), and a lot of Union ministers and state leaders.

    For the AAP, Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejiwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann have been essentially the most widespread campaigners.

    Excluding them, Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sosidoa and AAP’s Rajya Sabha participants Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh additionally campaigned in Gujarat.

    The Congress banked on its native leaders for campaigning with the exception of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and birthday party’s nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge, who held some rallies in the previous few days sooner than the primary section of elections.

    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi held two rallies within the state this month by means of disposing of time from his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    READ HERE | Bridge cave in to Bilkis Bano convicts’ remission: Most sensible problems in Gujarat Meeting elections

    How will the polling procedure be performed?

    Balloting shall be held throughout 14,382 polling stations, of which 3,311 are within the city and 11,071 in rural spaces, the ballot frame stated in a free up.

    The election frame has arrange 89 ‘style polling stations’, as many stations run by means of differently-abled other people, 89 eco-friendly polling stations and 611 run by means of ladies.

    There also are 18 polling stations run by means of the adolescence, it stated.

    A complete 34,324 poll devices, an equivalent collection of keep watch over devices, and 38,749 Voter verifiable paper audit path (VVPAT) machines shall be used for the election within the first section, the discharge stated.

    A complete of two,20,288 educated officials and workers shall be on accountability for the graceful habits of the election procedure, it stated.

    Within the first section, 27,978 presiding officials and 78,985 polling officials shall be on accountability, it stated.

    ALSO READ | Battleground Gujarat: All eyes on AAP in three-way ballot contest in bipolar state politics

    AHMEDABAD: Balloting shall be hung on Thursday for the primary section of Gujarat Meeting elections in 89 seats unfold throughout 19 districts in Saurashtra-Kutch and southern portions of the state the place 788 applicants are within the fray. Campaigning for the primary section of the elections within the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP)-ruled state ended at 5 pm on Tuesday.

    Balloting shall be held between 8 am and 5 pm on Thursday throughout 14,382 polling stations, the administrative center of the state Leader Electoral Officer (CEO) stated in a free up.

    Out of the full 4,91,35,400 registered electorate in Gujarat, 2,39,76,670 are eligible to solid their votes within the first section of the elections.

    Those come with 5.74 lakh electorate within the age crew of 18-19 years, and four,945 above the age of 99 years, the administrative center of the state CEO stated.

    Out of the 89 seats going to polls within the first section, the BJP gained 48 within the 2017 election, the Congress had gained 40, whilst one seat used to be bagged by means of an unbiased candidate.

    Who’re contesting?

    Excluding the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP), 36 different political outfits, together with the Bahujan Samaj Birthday party (BSP), Samajwadi Birthday party (SP), Communist Birthday party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bharatiya Tribal Birthday party (BTP) have additionally fielded applicants in quite a lot of seats which is able to cross to polls within the first section.

    The BJP and Congress are contesting in the entire 89 seats.
    The brand new ballot entrant AAP is contesting 88 seats. Its candidate from Surat East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the birthday party with one much less seat to contest within the first section
    The BSP has fielded 57 applicants, BTP 14 and CPI-M 4 applicants.
    As many as 339 independents also are within the fray within the first section of polls.
    Out of the full 788 applicants, 70 are ladies together with 9 fielded by means of the BJP, six by means of the Congress and 5 by means of the AAP.

    ALSO READ | How scrapped mission can harm BJP in Gujarat tribal seats

    Who’re one of the vital outstanding applicants?

    AAP’s leader ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi is contesting from Khambhalia seat in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Saurashtra area that is going to polls on Thursday.

    AAP state unit president Gopal Italia is contesting from Katargam in Surat.

    Amongst different outstanding applicants within the first section are Rivaba Jadeja, the spouse of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, who’s contesting from Jamnagar (North), and BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Purnesh Modi from other seats in Surat and five-time MLA Parshottam Solanki from Bhavnagar (Rural).

    Sitting Congress MLAs like Lalit Kagathara, Lalit Vasoya, Rutvik Makwana and Mohammad Javed Pirzada are some of the applicants in fray within the first section from seats in Saurashtra area.

    Seven-time MLA and veteran tribal chief Chhotu Vasava is contesting from Jhagadia in Bharuch.

    ALSO READ | Gujarat elections 2022: Morbi, Porbandar, Anand… listed here are 25 seats to be careful for

    Which might be the important thing areas to appear out for?

    With 54 seats, the Saurashtra-Kutch area shall be a very powerful for the Congress because it seeks to raised its efficiency.

    Within the area, the Congress gained 30 seats in 2017 in comparison to 16 within the 2012 election. The BJP, alternatively, used to be lowered to 23 seats in 2017 as towards 35 gained by means of it within the earlier election.

    In south Gujarat, the Congress in 2017 bettered its tally to ten in comparison to six within the earlier polls, whilst the BJPs tally dropped to twenty-five within the ultimate election from 28 previous.

    South Gujarat additionally contains Surat town with 12 seats that have remained the BJP’s bastion since a very long time.

    The BJP has this time discovered a challenger within the AAP which has fielded a few of its senior state leaders from Surat and hopes to win seven-eight seats within the town, as declared by means of its nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal.

    Gujarat AAP’s state president Gopal Italia is the candidate from Katargam, basic secretary Manoj Sorathiya from Karanj and Patidar group chief Alpesh Kathiriya from Varachha Street in Surat.

    ALSO READ | Accept as true with within the KHAP: How caste equations are on the middle of the 2022 Gujarat elections  

    Who have been the campaigners?

    The BJP, Congress and AAP leaders held roadshows and addressed public rallies as a part of their high-pitched marketing campaign within the run-up to the elections.

    The ruling birthday party’s marketing campaign used to be led by means of High Minister Narendra Modi, Union House Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, leader ministers of BJP-ruled states together with Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Pramod Sawant (Goa), and a lot of Union ministers and state leaders.

    For the AAP, Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejiwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann have been essentially the most widespread campaigners.

    Excluding them, Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sosidoa and AAP’s Rajya Sabha participants Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh additionally campaigned in Gujarat.

    The Congress banked on its native leaders for campaigning with the exception of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and birthday party’s nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge, who held some rallies in the previous few days sooner than the primary section of elections.

    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi held two rallies within the state this month by means of disposing of time from his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    READ HERE | Bridge cave in to Bilkis Bano convicts’ remission: Most sensible problems in Gujarat Meeting elections

    How will the polling procedure be performed?

    Balloting shall be held throughout 14,382 polling stations, of which 3,311 are within the city and 11,071 in rural spaces, the ballot frame stated in a free up.

    The election frame has arrange 89 ‘style polling stations’, as many stations run by means of differently-abled other people, 89 eco-friendly polling stations and 611 run by means of ladies.

    There also are 18 polling stations run by means of the adolescence, it stated.

    A complete 34,324 poll devices, an equivalent collection of keep watch over devices, and 38,749 Voter verifiable paper audit path (VVPAT) machines shall be used for the election within the first section, the discharge stated.

    A complete of two,20,288 educated officials and workers shall be on accountability for the graceful habits of the election procedure, it stated.

    Within the first section, 27,978 presiding officials and 78,985 polling officials shall be on accountability, it stated.

    ALSO READ | Battleground Gujarat: All eyes on AAP in three-way ballot contest in bipolar state politics

  • Battleground Gujarat: All eyes on AAP in three-way ballot contest in bipolar state politics

    Through PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Lengthy stuck between two polarities, Gujarat’s electoral box has expanded to incorporate a 3rd celebration with the Aam Aadmi Birthday party difficult the ruling BJP in addition to the opposition Congress that has misplaced flooring however nonetheless has important presence.

    Elections to the 182-member state meeting will happen over two stages on December 1 and 5, the Election Fee introduced on Thursday within the backdrop of the Morbi bridge cave in 4 days in the past.

    As marketing campaign knives get sharpened, the October 30 tragedy wherein 135 other people misplaced their lives may just in finding emotive resonance.

    But even so, the freebie as opposed to welfarism debate – over which challenger AAP and BJP had been sparring over the past a number of weeks — and the ruling celebration’s major ballot planks of Hindutva, ‘double engine’ enlargement’ and continuity in governance are more likely to stay centrestage.

    Even though elections had been introduced nowadays, the thrill for what’s going to be a three-cornered contest has been getting regularly louder over the previous few weeks.

    Top Minister Narendra Modi and a number of other Union ministers had been making widespread visits to the state. Modi was once in Morbi on November 1 to check the placement.

    And all eyes are on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in addition to his celebration leaders who’ve made a prime decibel access into the sphere, giving citizens a 3rd possibility in a state that has for many years been bipolar in its politics.

    The elections are a very powerful for BJP, which has received six successive phrases and targets at preserving energy in Modi’s house state, in addition to for AAP, hoping desperately {that a} win in Gujarat will propel it to a pan-India political pressure, the 3rd state in its bag after Delhi and a victory in Punjab in March this yr.

    The Congress, on its phase, hopes to finish its 27-year stint within the Opposition however has thus far been quiet with its nationwide leaders conspicuous through their absence.

    READ HERE | Bridge cave in to Bilkis Bano convicts’ remission: Best problems in Gujarat Meeting elections

    The BJP has 111 seats and the Congress 62 within the present meeting.

    The NCP has one, BTP two, Impartial one and 5 seats are vacant, together with 3 after Congress MLAs resigned.

    With leaders of quite a lot of events creating a beeline for the state, a lot prior to the announcement of the elections, and events toning up their methods, towns and villages of Gujarat are dotted with commercial banners and posters of political events.

    Modi, the BJP’s megastar campaigner, has larger the frequency of his journeys to Gujarat and addressed well-attended gatherings in numerous portions of the state in the previous few weeks.

    A number of Union ministers and celebration leaders fanned out around the state all through the just about 10-day Gujarat Gaurav Yatras introduced through BJP president J P Nadda and Union House Minister Amit Shah.

    Six yatras in numerous portions of the states had been introduced on October 12 and 13.

    Modi’s occasions had been marked through bulletins of building initiatives with a promise of extra.

    All through his seek advice from on October 19 and 20 to Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Kevadia and Vyara.

    he inaugurated and laid the root stones of initiatives price Rs 15,670 crore.

    His speeches reside at the BJP authorities’s contribution to the advance of Gujarat within the closing 20 to twenty-five years.

    He has additionally been stressing at the “Narendra-Bhupendra” (Leader Minister Bhupendra Patel) ‘double engine’ combo for quick paced building.

    With the exception of state government-sponsored programmes, Modi has additionally been taking part in rallies organised through the BJP.

    Then again, it’s the 3rd and past due access into Gujarat’s electoral box, the Kejriwal-led AAP, this is stirring hobby with its competitive campaigning and lengthy checklist of horny pre-poll “promises”.

    The AAP is banking on ‘welfarism’, the truth that this can be a new selection and its pressure on each day other people problems to woo citizens.

    Kejriwal has anchored his celebration’s marketing campaign round a slew of sops, together with 300 devices of loose electrical energy monthly, loose training in authorities faculties, unemployment dole, Rs 1,000 allowance to girls and per thirty days stipend to new legal professionals.

    Whilst Kejriwal has been main his celebration’s marketing campaign with a couple of rallies and townhall conferences, Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann.

    Delhi Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia and Raghav Chadha, too, have visited the state a couple of occasions.

    The celebration started campaigning a lot forward of the BJP and different events.

    The ten-year-old outfit has additionally left different events a ways in the back of so far as announcement of applicants are involved.

    Up to now, the AAP, which is more likely to contest all 182 seats, has introduced names of applicants for 73 Meeting segments.

    The Congress is the surprisingly quiet, nearly absent, celebration within the fray.

    Former celebration president Rahul Gandhi, busy together with his Bharat Jodo Yatra that began on September 7 and can cross on for almost 5 months, has remained most commonly absent.

    It isn’t but transparent whether or not the Lok Sabha MP from Kerala will sign up for the opposition celebration’s campaigning.

    He closing addressed a rally of celebration employees in Ahmedabad on September 5.

    The celebration has introduced prior to Gujarat citizens achievements made through its authorities in neighbouring Rajasthan.

    The primary ballot planks of the Congress are inflation, unemployment, social cohesion and anti-incumbency in opposition to the BJP.

    Within the absence of any nationwide leaders thus far, the celebration’s Gujarat in-charge Raghu Sharma has been frequenting the state and main its marketing campaign.

    State Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi stated the celebration’s ballot marketing campaign is happening in complete swing and applicants shall be declared quickly.

    Some smaller events also are within the fray.

    Even though previous regional events shaped through outstanding leaders equivalent to Chimanbhai Patel, Shankarsinh Vaghela and Keshubhai Patel contested polls, they didn’t make a mark with the state’s electoral politics centred across the BJP and the Congress.

    This time, Lok Sabha MP Asadudin Owaisi’s AIMIM (All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen) has introduced applicants in some minority-dominated seats and is more likely to box extra nominees.

    The Congress received the primary 3 Meeting elections in 1962, 1967 and 1972 in Gujarat.

    Within the elections fought after imposition of Emergency in 1975, it misplaced to an alliance of events led through Morarji Desai, the Jan Sangh and rebellion Congress chief Chimanbhai Patel’s Kimlop celebration.

    Two next elections in 1980 and 1985 had been received through the Congress.

    In 1990, the Janata Dal and the BJP emerged as dominant forces.

    The BJP has received each Meeting elections from 1995 onwards.

    It’s been in energy since, apart from for a temporary duration from 1996 to 1998 when its chief Shankarsinh Vaghela rebelled and shaped a central authority with the Congress make stronger.

    AHMEDABAD: Lengthy stuck between two polarities, Gujarat’s electoral box has expanded to incorporate a 3rd celebration with the Aam Aadmi Birthday party difficult the ruling BJP in addition to the opposition Congress that has misplaced flooring however nonetheless has important presence.

    Elections to the 182-member state meeting will happen over two stages on December 1 and 5, the Election Fee introduced on Thursday within the backdrop of the Morbi bridge cave in 4 days in the past.

    As marketing campaign knives get sharpened, the October 30 tragedy wherein 135 other people misplaced their lives may just in finding emotive resonance.

    But even so, the freebie as opposed to welfarism debate – over which challenger AAP and BJP had been sparring over the past a number of weeks — and the ruling celebration’s major ballot planks of Hindutva, ‘double engine’ enlargement’ and continuity in governance are more likely to stay centrestage.

    Even though elections had been introduced nowadays, the thrill for what’s going to be a three-cornered contest has been getting regularly louder over the previous few weeks.

    Top Minister Narendra Modi and a number of other Union ministers had been making widespread visits to the state. Modi was once in Morbi on November 1 to check the placement.

    And all eyes are on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in addition to his celebration leaders who’ve made a prime decibel access into the sphere, giving citizens a 3rd possibility in a state that has for many years been bipolar in its politics.

    The elections are a very powerful for BJP, which has received six successive phrases and targets at preserving energy in Modi’s house state, in addition to for AAP, hoping desperately {that a} win in Gujarat will propel it to a pan-India political pressure, the 3rd state in its bag after Delhi and a victory in Punjab in March this yr.

    The Congress, on its phase, hopes to finish its 27-year stint within the Opposition however has thus far been quiet with its nationwide leaders conspicuous through their absence.

    READ HERE | Bridge cave in to Bilkis Bano convicts’ remission: Best problems in Gujarat Meeting elections

    The BJP has 111 seats and the Congress 62 within the present meeting.

    The NCP has one, BTP two, Impartial one and 5 seats are vacant, together with 3 after Congress MLAs resigned.

    With leaders of quite a lot of events creating a beeline for the state, a lot prior to the announcement of the elections, and events toning up their methods, towns and villages of Gujarat are dotted with commercial banners and posters of political events.

    Modi, the BJP’s megastar campaigner, has larger the frequency of his journeys to Gujarat and addressed well-attended gatherings in numerous portions of the state in the previous few weeks.

    A number of Union ministers and celebration leaders fanned out around the state all through the just about 10-day Gujarat Gaurav Yatras introduced through BJP president J P Nadda and Union House Minister Amit Shah.

    Six yatras in numerous portions of the states had been introduced on October 12 and 13.

    Modi’s occasions had been marked through bulletins of building initiatives with a promise of extra.

    All through his seek advice from on October 19 and 20 to Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Kevadia and Vyara.

    he inaugurated and laid the root stones of initiatives price Rs 15,670 crore.

    His speeches reside at the BJP authorities’s contribution to the advance of Gujarat within the closing 20 to twenty-five years.

    He has additionally been stressing at the “Narendra-Bhupendra” (Leader Minister Bhupendra Patel) ‘double engine’ combo for quick paced building.

    With the exception of state government-sponsored programmes, Modi has additionally been taking part in rallies organised through the BJP.

    Then again, it’s the 3rd and past due access into Gujarat’s electoral box, the Kejriwal-led AAP, this is stirring hobby with its competitive campaigning and lengthy checklist of horny pre-poll “promises”.

    The AAP is banking on ‘welfarism’, the truth that this can be a new selection and its pressure on each day other people problems to woo citizens.

    Kejriwal has anchored his celebration’s marketing campaign round a slew of sops, together with 300 devices of loose electrical energy monthly, loose training in authorities faculties, unemployment dole, Rs 1,000 allowance to girls and per thirty days stipend to new legal professionals.

    Whilst Kejriwal has been main his celebration’s marketing campaign with a couple of rallies and townhall conferences, Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann.

    Delhi Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia and Raghav Chadha, too, have visited the state a couple of occasions.

    The celebration started campaigning a lot forward of the BJP and different events.

    The ten-year-old outfit has additionally left different events a ways in the back of so far as announcement of applicants are involved.

    Up to now, the AAP, which is more likely to contest all 182 seats, has introduced names of applicants for 73 Meeting segments.

    The Congress is the surprisingly quiet, nearly absent, celebration within the fray.

    Former celebration president Rahul Gandhi, busy together with his Bharat Jodo Yatra that began on September 7 and can cross on for almost 5 months, has remained most commonly absent.

    It isn’t but transparent whether or not the Lok Sabha MP from Kerala will sign up for the opposition celebration’s campaigning.

    He closing addressed a rally of celebration employees in Ahmedabad on September 5.

    The celebration has introduced prior to Gujarat citizens achievements made through its authorities in neighbouring Rajasthan.

    The primary ballot planks of the Congress are inflation, unemployment, social cohesion and anti-incumbency in opposition to the BJP.

    Within the absence of any nationwide leaders thus far, the celebration’s Gujarat in-charge Raghu Sharma has been frequenting the state and main its marketing campaign.

    State Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi stated the celebration’s ballot marketing campaign is happening in complete swing and applicants shall be declared quickly.

    Some smaller events also are within the fray.

    Even though previous regional events shaped through outstanding leaders equivalent to Chimanbhai Patel, Shankarsinh Vaghela and Keshubhai Patel contested polls, they didn’t make a mark with the state’s electoral politics centred across the BJP and the Congress.

    This time, Lok Sabha MP Asadudin Owaisi’s AIMIM (All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen) has introduced applicants in some minority-dominated seats and is more likely to box extra nominees.

    The Congress received the primary 3 Meeting elections in 1962, 1967 and 1972 in Gujarat.

    Within the elections fought after imposition of Emergency in 1975, it misplaced to an alliance of events led through Morarji Desai, the Jan Sangh and rebellion Congress chief Chimanbhai Patel’s Kimlop celebration.

    Two next elections in 1980 and 1985 had been received through the Congress.

    In 1990, the Janata Dal and the BJP emerged as dominant forces.

    The BJP has received each Meeting elections from 1995 onwards.

    It’s been in energy since, apart from for a temporary duration from 1996 to 1998 when its chief Shankarsinh Vaghela rebelled and shaped a central authority with the Congress make stronger.

  • Gujarat Congress desires Rahul Gandhi to develop into birthday party’s nationwide president 

    By means of PTI

    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Congress on Sunday demanded that Rahul Gandhi be made the birthday party’s nationwide president.

    The call for used to be made on the birthday party’s state government committee assembly held right here, with all its participants supporting the proposal with a spherical of applause. 

    All of the participants of the grand outdated birthday party’s state government committee met right here and expressed their emotions that Rahul Gandhi be made the president of the Indian Nationwide Congress.

    “They sought after this level to be offered ahead of the nationwide management,” leader spokesperson Manish Doshi stated.

    “It used to be demanded that revered Rahul Gandhi, who’s the way forward for India and the voice of the formative years, be made the president of the Indian Nationwide Congress. All of the provide delegates of the state government licensed it with thunderous applause,” the birthday party stated in a remark after the assembly. 

    The state unit additionally resolved to win 125 out of Gujarat’s 182 seats within the upcoming Meeting election beneath the management of state president Jagdish Thakor.

    Previous within the day, the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) additionally handed a answer hard that Rahul Gandhi be made the birthday party’s nationwide president, Congress leaders stated.

    The answer used to be handed in a gathering of 310 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates (who will vote in birthday party’s presidential election) from Chhattisgarh chaired by way of Hussain Dalwai, state Congress conversation wing head Sushil Anand Shukla stated.

    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Congress on Sunday demanded that Rahul Gandhi be made the birthday party’s nationwide president.

    The call for used to be made on the birthday party’s state government committee assembly held right here, with all its participants supporting the proposal with a spherical of applause. 

    All of the participants of the grand outdated birthday party’s state government committee met right here and expressed their emotions that Rahul Gandhi be made the president of the Indian Nationwide Congress.

    “They sought after this level to be offered ahead of the nationwide management,” leader spokesperson Manish Doshi stated.

    “It used to be demanded that revered Rahul Gandhi, who’s the way forward for India and the voice of the formative years, be made the president of the Indian Nationwide Congress. All of the provide delegates of the state government licensed it with thunderous applause,” the birthday party stated in a remark after the assembly. 

    The state unit additionally resolved to win 125 out of Gujarat’s 182 seats within the upcoming Meeting election beneath the management of state president Jagdish Thakor.

    Previous within the day, the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) additionally handed a answer hard that Rahul Gandhi be made the birthday party’s nationwide president, Congress leaders stated.

    The answer used to be handed in a gathering of 310 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates (who will vote in birthday party’s presidential election) from Chhattisgarh chaired by way of Hussain Dalwai, state Congress conversation wing head Sushil Anand Shukla stated.

  • Refrain grows louder in Congress for Rahul as president

    Categorical Information Carrier

    NEW DELHI: Congress leaders from around the nation have began exerting force for the go back of Rahul Gandhi as birthday celebration president. The birthday celebration’s state devices in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Odisha and Gujarat have handed resolutions that Gandhi be introduced again as birthday celebration president. Different state devices are more likely to take cue and undertake identical resolutions.

    Rahul Gandhi had resigned from the submit after the birthday celebration’s loss within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and has since rejected calls to take again the birthday celebration’s reins and indicated that he would possibly not trade his thoughts.

    With the method for Congress president’s election scheduled to set into movement on September 22, all state devices were requested via the birthday celebration’s central management to move a answer authorising the incoming president to nominate state unit chiefs and AICC contributors. Whilst passing this answer, the PCCs have began concurrently passing every other answer calling for the go back of Rahul Gandhi as birthday celebration president.

    The answer in the hunt for Rahul’s go back was once moved in Chhattisgarh via leader minister Bhupesh Baghel and seconded via PCC leader Mohan Markam, state Meeting Speaker Charan Das Mahant, and ministers TS Singh Deo, Shivkumar Dahariya and Premsai Singh Tekam.

    ALSO READ | Rajasthan Congress passes answer to make Rahul Gandhi the birthday celebration’s nationwide president

    Baghel stated “If identical resolutions are handed in different states, then Rahul ji will have to reconsider his resolution of returning as Congress president.” He stated the birthday celebration’s presidential election is nearing and “conserving in view the feelings of birthday celebration employees, I feel Rahul ji will agree (to turn into birthday celebration leader).”

    Because the call for for his go back as Congress president won momentum, Rahul Gandhi as soon as once more stated “whether or not I turn into president of Congress or now not will turn into transparent when the elections for the president submit happen. However, I’ve obviously made up our minds what I can do and there’s no confusion in my thoughts.”

    At a press convention in Kanyakumari right through the Bharat Jodo Yatra, he had stated “wait until that point (when elections happen) and when that point comes, you are going to see, and if I do not stand, you’ll be able to question me then ‘why did not you stand’ and I can solution the query for you.”

    Rahul’s remarks had been observed as a sign that he may keep on with his previous stance of now not taking over the birthday celebration leader’s submit.

    ALSO READ | ‘Will paintings below Rahul Gandhi’: Gehlot on Congress management disaster forward of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

    Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh too have favoured a consensus for the submit of the AICC leader

    The notification for the Congress president’s election will likely be out on September 22 and the method for submitting nominations will likely be held from September 24 to 30.

    The final date for withdrawal of nominations is October 8 and the election, if required, will likely be hung on October 17. The effects will likely be out on October 19.

    NEW DELHI: Congress leaders from around the nation have began exerting force for the go back of Rahul Gandhi as birthday celebration president. The birthday celebration’s state devices in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Odisha and Gujarat have handed resolutions that Gandhi be introduced again as birthday celebration president. Different state devices are more likely to take cue and undertake identical resolutions.

    Rahul Gandhi had resigned from the submit after the birthday celebration’s loss within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and has since rejected calls to take again the birthday celebration’s reins and indicated that he would possibly not trade his thoughts.

    With the method for Congress president’s election scheduled to set into movement on September 22, all state devices were requested via the birthday celebration’s central management to move a answer authorising the incoming president to nominate state unit chiefs and AICC contributors. Whilst passing this answer, the PCCs have began concurrently passing every other answer calling for the go back of Rahul Gandhi as birthday celebration president.

    The answer in the hunt for Rahul’s go back was once moved in Chhattisgarh via leader minister Bhupesh Baghel and seconded via PCC leader Mohan Markam, state Meeting Speaker Charan Das Mahant, and ministers TS Singh Deo, Shivkumar Dahariya and Premsai Singh Tekam.

    ALSO READ | Rajasthan Congress passes answer to make Rahul Gandhi the birthday celebration’s nationwide president

    Baghel stated “If identical resolutions are handed in different states, then Rahul ji will have to reconsider his resolution of returning as Congress president.” He stated the birthday celebration’s presidential election is nearing and “conserving in view the feelings of birthday celebration employees, I feel Rahul ji will agree (to turn into birthday celebration leader).”

    Because the call for for his go back as Congress president won momentum, Rahul Gandhi as soon as once more stated “whether or not I turn into president of Congress or now not will turn into transparent when the elections for the president submit happen. However, I’ve obviously made up our minds what I can do and there’s no confusion in my thoughts.”

    At a press convention in Kanyakumari right through the Bharat Jodo Yatra, he had stated “wait until that point (when elections happen) and when that point comes, you are going to see, and if I do not stand, you’ll be able to question me then ‘why did not you stand’ and I can solution the query for you.”

    Rahul’s remarks had been observed as a sign that he may keep on with his previous stance of now not taking over the birthday celebration leader’s submit.

    ALSO READ | ‘Will paintings below Rahul Gandhi’: Gehlot on Congress management disaster forward of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

    Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh too have favoured a consensus for the submit of the AICC leader

    The notification for the Congress president’s election will likely be out on September 22 and the method for submitting nominations will likely be held from September 24 to 30.

    The final date for withdrawal of nominations is October 8 and the election, if required, will likely be hung on October 17. The effects will likely be out on October 19.

  • Fight for the bastion in Gujarat

    High Minister Narendra Modi reached Bhuj on August 28 to inaugurate the Narmada canal that may convey water to parched Kutch from south Gujarat. The state is up for meeting polls in December and at a rally later, unusually, he introduced up the previous bogey of conspiracies to defame Gujarat after the 2002 riots when he used to be leader minister (2001-14). This used to be peculiar for the PM, a deviation from the script of the previous couple of years the place he had stopped speaking concerning the previous and used to be targeted extra on long term alternatives for the state.

    High Minister Narendra Modi reached Bhuj on August 28 to inaugurate the Narmada canal that may convey water to parched Kutch from south Gujarat. The state is up for meeting polls in December and at a rally later, unusually, he introduced up the previous bogey of conspiracies to defame Gujarat after the 2002 riots when he used to be leader minister (2001-14). This used to be peculiar for the PM, a deviation from the script of the previous couple of years the place he had stopped speaking concerning the previous and used to be targeted extra on long term alternatives for the state.

    PM Modi waves to crowds on the Khadi Utsav match as CM Patelwatches; Kejriwal with AAP leaders at a tiranga yatra in Mehsana in June; (Picture: ANI)

    The PM’s packed two-day excursion additionally incorporated a roadshow in Bhuj (his fourth within the state since March), the inauguration of the Atal Bridge for pedestrians at the Sabarmati river and becoming a member of a Khadi Utsav match the place he spun a charkha with 7,500 girls artisans from throughout Gujarat. All this irritating task, in fact, got here towards the backdrop of 2 essential tendencies within the state. Slightly 10 days prior to, on August 19, there have been a significant overhaul of the state cupboard headed by way of Leader Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel. Then there used to be the debatable Independence Day ‘gesture’ from the state govt, liberating 11 other people convicted of involvement within the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the homicide of 14 participants of her circle of relatives within the 2002 communal assaults. A BJP supply says Modi used to be in a huddle with state leaders, taking inventory of the fallout of the 2 tendencies.

    On August 19, CM Patel had str­i­pped two of his ministers of essential portfolios. Rajendra Trivedi misplaced income whilst Purnesh Modi needed to surrender roads and structures. No offi­cial clarification has been given for the transfer however a BJP supply stated glibly that the management used to be in no temper to present the opposition a possibility to indicate palms with regards to “inefficiency and shielding culprits” so with regards to the election. Trivedi, the No. 2 within the cupboard, had a penchant for are living telecasting his “raids” on govt officers (the excitement is he rubbed too many of us the mistaken method) whilst Purnesh Modi is within the dock for safeguarding a contractor answerable for erroneous paintings on bridges. Each ministers, alternatively, proceed to carry numerous much less essential portfolios.

    This isn’t the primary time such motion has been taken. In March, the High Minister’s Place of work (PMO) had requested the CM to disregard his private assistant, Dhrumil Patel. Then, in July, state BJP president C.R. Patil used to be requested to sack assistant Sudhanshu Mehta after receiving corruption lawsuits.

    Gehlot’s plan for the Gujarat Congress is to focus on the BJP govt’s “screw ups: in well being and training

    The BJP has had an uninterrupted stint in Gujarat for with regards to 3 a long time, however the years have taken their toll with anti-incumbency and corruption scandals. They nonetheless have many stuff going for them this election—Modi, whose symbol shines brilliant as standard, a powerful birthday party organisation, a rather environment friendly management and, most significantly, an opposition Congress which is in a shambles. The ultimate has in large part been because of the BJP’s poaching at common durations; many senior leaders, together with 13 of the Congress’s 77 MLAs, have crossed over previously 4 and a part years. Ex-legislator and previous AICC member Naresh Raval used to be the most recent to head on August 18.

    CM Patel, who has been within the sizzling seat for not up to a 12 months, has attempted to determine himself as a person of the folk. The election season largesse has incorporated a 3 consistent with cent hike in dearness allowance for state workers and 1 kg pulses at concessional charges to 7.1 million ration card holders registered beneath the Nationwide Meals Safety Act in 250 talukas. “We have now evolved a piece tradition the place other people really feel much less stricken and their problems are resolved on the earliest,” he stated in his I-Day cope with.

    Gehlot meets Gujarat Congress leaders; (Picture: Nandan Dave)

    As at all times, at the organisational entrance, the BJP has set an formidable goal of profitable a minimum of 150 seats (yet another than the state report set by way of then CM Madhavsinh Solanki of the Congress in 1985). State president C.R. Patil appeared upbeat when he advised birthday party staff in Ahmedabad on August 21 that “the BJP is operating round-the-clock to reach the purpose of profitable all 182 seats”. With 3 of the state’s top-rung leaders—Union ministers Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala—preoccupied in Delhi, the grapevine has it that Patil, who’s referred to as “tremendous CM” on account of his affect over Bhupendrabhai, may emerge because the CM candidate if the birthday party breaks its earlier report of 127 seats. Patil has dominated out the chance, even though. “Bhupendrabhai shall be our CM face,” he says categorically.

    In the meantime, the opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP) are seeking to promote the ‘Rajasthan type’ and ‘Delhi type’ respectively to the citizens. The Congress is banking on its 2017 marketing campaign leader, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, to spice up its fortunes once more. Gehlot is ballot in-charge this time too and camped in Gujarat for 3 days ultimate week (August 18-20). He has had talks with birthday party officers in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Ahmedabad, however the birthday party is preserving again on a ballot manifesto. An initiative titled ‘Bolo Sarkar’ has been introduced, beneath which Congress staff are anticipated to carry some 2,000 conferences in rural spaces to get other people’s tips. After a evaluation by way of the top command, lots of the higher tips may make it to the manifesto, say birthday party resources.

    A Gujarat Congress chief says the focal point shall be at the BJP govt’s “screw ups” at the training and well being fronts. Gehlot desires partymen to focus on the Rajasthan govt’s plan to introduce a ‘proper to well being’ invoice as opposed to Gujarat’s shoddy dealing with of the post-Covid state of affairs. Replicating the ‘Chiranjeevi Well being Insurance coverage Scheme’ in Gujarat—the scheme supplies well being quilt to each circle of relatives in Rajasthan—may also be a sizzling subject right through the marketing campaign. “It used to be very painful to look the situation of Gujarat right through the pandemic. Regardless of being in energy for 27 years, the federal government did not anything to save lots of valuable lives,” Gehlot advised journalists.

    As ballot in-charge, Gehlot had were given 77 seats for the Congress in 2017, its perfect efficiency since 1995. The birthday party had even get a hold of a catchy ballot slogan then, ‘Vikas gando thayo chhe (Construction has long gone kaput)’, enjoying on Modi’s favorite ‘vikas’ mantra, however it wasn’t sufficient to derail the saffron birthday party. The Congress’s slide previously two years could also be an excessive amount of for even Gehlot to salvage. Most of the birthday party’s giant leaders have switched camps and joined the BJP. However Gehlot continues to be up for a rumble; chatting with journalists in Ahmedabad on August 20, he referred to as PM Modi an “ace actor”.

    However greater than the BJP, the Congress’s concern is that the Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP) may scouse borrow their constit­uency. AAP leader and Delhi leader minister Arvind Kejriwal is specializing in Saurashtra and the south Gujarat area this time round. He has promised to copy his “Delhi type” to offer high quality govt faculty training in Gujarat. At a the city corridor in Bhuj on August 16, Kejriwal rolled out a plan for this, which incorporates opening new govt colleges, an audit of personal colleges, freezing the price construction and making the roles of contract academics everlasting.

    Kejriwal could also be trumpeting his signature freebies-with-riders, together with 300 unfastened gadgets of electrical energy a month, per thirty days unemployment dole of Rs 3,000 to the adolescence and Rs 1,000 to ladies above 18. AAP has additionally were given some 1,100 locals at the rolls to unfold the birthday party’s message on social media platforms. The Delhi CM has even requested probationary academics and policemen to marketing campaign covertly for AAP. “The policemen are challenging upper grade pay. Paintings for us, assist convey an AAP govt and we’ll get you upper pay,” he stated.

    Kejriwal’s phrases are getting numerous traction which, now not unusually, has the Congress in some hassle. Former Union minister Tushar Chaudhary calls APP the “BJP’s B-team” whilst ex-state Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia has been telling any person who will pay attention that his birthday party had promised unfastened electrical energy to farmers long ago in Might. AAP state president Gopal Italia retorts that the Congress must first put in force its guarantees within the states the place it regulations, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The BJP, for its phase, is playing the commotion. As a senior state chief says, “If AAP cuts into the Congress votes, it’ll higher our margins.”

  • Congress’ twin problem in 2022 Gujarat elections: To tackle BJP & stay vote financial institution intact, say professionals

    By means of PTI

    AHMEDABAD: The approaching Gujarat Meeting polls usually are one of the vital hardest for the opposition Congress as it’s dealing with a twin problem – of defeating the ruling BJP in the house state of High Minister Narendra Modi and protective its base from events just like the AAP and AIMIM, which can be additionally seeking to make inroads into the state, say political professionals.

    On the other hand, a state Congress spokesperson claimed other folks will vote for his or her celebration, within the Gujarat elections due later this 12 months, as they’re bored stiff of the BJP’s “misrule” for over twenty years.

    However, political observers really feel the Congress is plagued through a dearth of robust native leaders, infighting and depleting paintings drive within the state.

    “This can be one of the vital hardest election for the Congress in Gujarat,” Rajkot-based political observer Suresh Samani instructed PTI, noting the celebration has no longer received the state Meeting polls since 1995.

    In 2017, the Congress received 77 seats within the 182-member Meeting, and a top vote proportion, in large part because of rural misery, he stated.

    The BJP had received 99 seats within the Meeting within the closing election.

    “The farming group was once no longer satisfied because it was once no longer getting a just right value for crop produce. Within the closing 5 years, the BJP executive within the state bought each farm produce, together with industrial vegetation like groundnut, through paying a moderately just right go back because the Minimal Reinforce Value (MSP). The agricultural inhabitants now has not anything to whinge about,” Samani stated.

    Additionally, the city heart magnificence and better heart magnificence electorate have stood firmly in the back of the BJP because of more than a few causes, together with Hindutva, in spite of the emerging inflation, he stated.

    “So, the Congress’s plan to make inroads into the state’s city spaces isn’t prone to make a lot headway,” he stated.

    The Congress strongholds of north Gujarat and a few tribal area have additionally been breached as lots of its sturdy leaders have crossed over to the BJP within the closing 5 years.

    “The Congress has an issue of depleting celebration paintings drive and infighting, amongst others problems,” he stated.

    The opposite problem prior to the Congress is contenders just like the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) and the Asaduddin Owaisi headed All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which can be additionally “vying for a pie of the standard Congress vote financial institution,” he stated.

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    AAP convenor and Delhi Leader Minister Kejriwal, all through his contemporary marketing campaign rallies in Gujarat, centered the Congress through interesting to electorate to not waste their votes at the opposition celebration, claiming it can’t defeat the BJP.

    The AAP is eyeing to chop into the Congress’s vote proportion to problem the BJP, because it had accomplished in Delhi.

    The Bharatiya Tribal Celebration (BTP) of Chotu Vasava has additionally introduced an alliance with the AAP to offer a battle to the Congress for tribal votes.

    AIMIM leader Owaisi lately visited some Muslim-dominated constituencies in Ahmedabad, Vadgam in north Gujarat and Kutch with an purpose to woo the minority group.

    His celebration is aiming to open its account within the state Meeting in constituencies the place the Muslim inhabitants is relatively upper than different communities.

    Some other political observer Hari Desai stated the Congress can provide the BJP a difficult battle if it sticks to cater to the KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi (tribal) and Muslim) vote financial institution and will get votes of disgruntled Patel group individuals.

    The KHAM mixture of castes and communities was once devised as a profitable method through former Gujarat leader minister Madhavsinh Solanki.

    “Events just like the AAP and the BTP can snatch votes of the BJP and hurt the ruling celebration similarly, and no longer simply the Congress,” Desai stated.

    He additionally stated that the AIMIM is prone to lower the Congress’s votes within the state.

    On the other hand, Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi claimed the folks of Gujarat have been bored stiff of the “vanity and misrule” of the BJP for over twenty years and that it’ll mirror within the 2022 Meeting elections as they are going to vote out the ruling celebration.

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    “The Congress has shaped a technique, and the celebration’s central management is watching the whole thing minutely and directing us on move concerning the polls. Now we have determined to make this election a battle towards Gujarat Leader Minister Bhupendra Patel and BJP state unit president C R Paatil,” Doshi stated.

    The Congress does no longer need the state election to be a battle between PM Narendra Modi and the opposition celebration, he added.

    At the AAP and different events additionally gearing as much as contest the Gujarat polls, Congress nationwide spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil stated a 3rd celebration hasn’t ever succeeded within the state.

    “Since its formation, Gujarat has observed contests best between the Congress and the BJP and it’ll stay so. The AAP won’t be able to chop ice with the folks of Gujarat,” he claimed.

  • Disgruntled Hardik will get AAP invite to the birthday celebration

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    AHMEDABAD:  After Gujarat Congress operating president Hardik Patel’s outburst in opposition to his birthday celebration, the Aam Aadmi Celebration has given him an open be offering to enroll in its fold. AAP’s Gujarat unit leader Gopal Italia advised Patel to not “waste” his time within the grand outdated birthday celebration. 

    “There’s no position for devoted other folks like him (in Congress). He must sign up for a like-minded birthday celebration like AAP,” Italia stated. “Hardik Patel has arise as a pace-setter on his personal. He has expressed displeasure with the Congress management. We require leaders like him.” 

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    He must no longer waste his time hanging his case sooner than the Congress management as it could no longer yield any effects, Italia added. The AAP, with a view to extend its footprints in Gujarat forward of the Meeting elections in December, has been aggressively wooing leaders from each Congress and BJP and Italia’s be offering to Hardik is a part of the transfer. 

    Hardik, on the other hand, has denied he had any plans of leaving the Congress. After lashing out on the Congress management for “sidelining” him, he stated there could be “small fights and blame video games” in a large birthday celebration, “however we need to paintings in combination to make Gujarat a greater position”.Whilst Hardik denied leaving Congress, AAP chief Nikhil Savani, one in every of his mates from the Patidar motion, hinted that he may “make a selection to seize the broom”. 

    The Congress has been dealing with hassle in Gujarat. Senior birthday celebration leaders and staff are increasingly more turning to BJP and AAP. On Thursday itself, two senior Congress leaders — Indranil Rajguru and Vashram Sagathia from the Saurashtra area — gave a large blow to the grand outdated birthday celebration through decamping to the AAP whilst former MLA from Gadhda reserved seat, Praveen Maru, has joined the BJP.