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  • BJP faces rise up forward of Gujarat Meeting polls; 5 leaders threaten to contest as independents

    By means of PTI

    AHMEDABAD: No less than one sitting Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration MLA and 4 former legislators have threatened to contest as independents after being denied tickets by way of the BJP for the impending Gujarat Meeting elections.

    Whilst a few of these disgruntled leaders have stated they are going to make their subsequent transfer after consulting supporters, former BJP MLA and the birthday party’s recognized tribal face Harshad Vasava already filed his nomination papers on Friday as an impartial from Nandod seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe applicants.

    Vasava is the president of Gujarat BJP’s Scheduled Tribe Morcha and represented the erstwhile Rajpipla seat between 2002 and 2007 and from 2007 to 2012.

    Nandod in Narmada district is these days held by way of the Congress. The BJP has fielded Dr Darshana Deshmukh from the seat.

    Unsatisfied over the announcement, Vasava resigned from his put up within the BJP and submitted his nomination papers for the Nandod seat on Friday.

    Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Meeting will probably be held in two levels on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on December 8.

    “There’s an unique BJP and a reproduction BJP right here. We can disclose those that have side-lined dedicated staff and given key posts to newbies. I’ve despatched my resignation to the birthday party. Other folks of this space know the way a lot paintings I’ve accomplished as an MLA between 2002 and 2012,” Vasava instructed newshounds after submitting his nomination as an impartial.

    Within the neighbouring Vadodara district, one sitting and two former BJP MLAs are up in fingers towards the birthday party after being denied tickets.

    Six-time MLA Madhu Shrivastav from Vaghodia, who has been denied a price tag, stated he’s going to contest as an impartial if his supporters need him to.

    The BJP has fielded Ashwin Patel from the seat.

    Some other former BJP MLA Dinesh Patel aka Dinu Mama of Padra seat in Vadodara district has additionally stated he would contest the election independently.

    The BJP has given the price tag to Chaitanyasinh Zala. The seat is held by way of Congress. In Karjan, former BJP MLA Satish Patel is sad after the BJP determined to copy sitting legislator Akshay Patel.

    Akshay Patel gained at the Congress price tag from the seat in 2017. He joined the BJP in 2020 and gained the next bypoll.

    ALSO READ | BJP’s inner strife over price tag distribution grows more potent after 2nd record bulletins in Gujarat

    “We all know what Akshay Patel did as an MLA. My supporters and cooperative sector leaders of Karjan have requested me to combat this election, at the same time as an impartial. I used to be now not consulted sooner than the birthday party determined to offer the price tag to Akshay Patel,” Satish Patel instructed newshounds in Karjan.

    “In reality, 80 according to cent of the employees and office-bearers of the BJP had advisable my title throughout the ‘sense’ workout. However, I used to be rejected finally. We might have approved some other individual as a candidate, however BJP staff and native leaders can by no means settle for Akshay Patel,” he claimed.

    In a injury regulate workout, state BJP normal secretary Bhargav Bhatt and Minister of State for House Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday visited Vadodara and met native birthday party staff.

    Bhatt exuded self belief that the BJP will win all of the seats of Vadodara.

    “We can persuade Dinu Mama to not move forward together with his plans. There’s nonetheless scope. He has at all times remained with the BJP and we’re positive he’s going to come again. He has but now not filed his nomination as an impartial,” stated Bhatt.

    Talking at the factor, Sanghavi stated, “The BJP is sort of a circle of relatives and all individuals of this circle of relatives are united. All of us are one and the BJP will win the election with the beef up of the folk.”

    In the meantime, Arvind Ladani, former BJP MLA of Keshod seat of Junagadh, introduced on Saturday that he would combat the polls as an impartial after the birthday party gave the price tag to provide MLA Devabhai Malam.

    “Other folks of Keshod are indignant as a result of I used to be denied the price tag by way of the BJP. Other folks know the way a lot paintings I’ve accomplished for Keshod. Thus, other folks in addition to my supporters have requested me to combat as an impartial. I can document my nomination on November 14,” stated Ladani, who used to be the MLA from 2012 to 2017.

    The BJP has to this point named applicants for 166 Meeting seats out of the full 182.

    AHMEDABAD: No less than one sitting Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration MLA and 4 former legislators have threatened to contest as independents after being denied tickets by way of the BJP for the impending Gujarat Meeting elections.

    Whilst a few of these disgruntled leaders have stated they are going to make their subsequent transfer after consulting supporters, former BJP MLA and the birthday party’s recognized tribal face Harshad Vasava already filed his nomination papers on Friday as an impartial from Nandod seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe applicants.

    Vasava is the president of Gujarat BJP’s Scheduled Tribe Morcha and represented the erstwhile Rajpipla seat between 2002 and 2007 and from 2007 to 2012.

    Nandod in Narmada district is these days held by way of the Congress. The BJP has fielded Dr Darshana Deshmukh from the seat.

    Unsatisfied over the announcement, Vasava resigned from his put up within the BJP and submitted his nomination papers for the Nandod seat on Friday.

    Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Meeting will probably be held in two levels on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on December 8.

    “There’s an unique BJP and a reproduction BJP right here. We can disclose those that have side-lined dedicated staff and given key posts to newbies. I’ve despatched my resignation to the birthday party. Other folks of this space know the way a lot paintings I’ve accomplished as an MLA between 2002 and 2012,” Vasava instructed newshounds after submitting his nomination as an impartial.

    Within the neighbouring Vadodara district, one sitting and two former BJP MLAs are up in fingers towards the birthday party after being denied tickets.

    Six-time MLA Madhu Shrivastav from Vaghodia, who has been denied a price tag, stated he’s going to contest as an impartial if his supporters need him to.

    The BJP has fielded Ashwin Patel from the seat.

    Some other former BJP MLA Dinesh Patel aka Dinu Mama of Padra seat in Vadodara district has additionally stated he would contest the election independently.

    The BJP has given the price tag to Chaitanyasinh Zala. The seat is held by way of Congress. In Karjan, former BJP MLA Satish Patel is sad after the BJP determined to copy sitting legislator Akshay Patel.

    Akshay Patel gained at the Congress price tag from the seat in 2017. He joined the BJP in 2020 and gained the next bypoll.

    ALSO READ | BJP’s inner strife over price tag distribution grows more potent after 2nd record bulletins in Gujarat

    “We all know what Akshay Patel did as an MLA. My supporters and cooperative sector leaders of Karjan have requested me to combat this election, at the same time as an impartial. I used to be now not consulted sooner than the birthday party determined to offer the price tag to Akshay Patel,” Satish Patel instructed newshounds in Karjan.

    “In reality, 80 according to cent of the employees and office-bearers of the BJP had advisable my title throughout the ‘sense’ workout. However, I used to be rejected finally. We might have approved some other individual as a candidate, however BJP staff and native leaders can by no means settle for Akshay Patel,” he claimed.

    In a injury regulate workout, state BJP normal secretary Bhargav Bhatt and Minister of State for House Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday visited Vadodara and met native birthday party staff.

    Bhatt exuded self belief that the BJP will win all of the seats of Vadodara.

    “We can persuade Dinu Mama to not move forward together with his plans. There’s nonetheless scope. He has at all times remained with the BJP and we’re positive he’s going to come again. He has but now not filed his nomination as an impartial,” stated Bhatt.

    Talking at the factor, Sanghavi stated, “The BJP is sort of a circle of relatives and all individuals of this circle of relatives are united. All of us are one and the BJP will win the election with the beef up of the folk.”

    In the meantime, Arvind Ladani, former BJP MLA of Keshod seat of Junagadh, introduced on Saturday that he would combat the polls as an impartial after the birthday party gave the price tag to provide MLA Devabhai Malam.

    “Other folks of Keshod are indignant as a result of I used to be denied the price tag by way of the BJP. Other folks know the way a lot paintings I’ve accomplished for Keshod. Thus, other folks in addition to my supporters have requested me to combat as an impartial. I can document my nomination on November 14,” stated Ladani, who used to be the MLA from 2012 to 2017.

    The BJP has to this point named applicants for 166 Meeting seats out of the full 182.

  • Our insurrection used to be now not ‘betrayal’, we’re true inheritors of Bal Thackeray legacy: Maharashtra CM

    Via PTI

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday asserted his insurrection used to be now not an act of “betrayal”, however a “rebellion” and requested Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray to kneel down at birthday celebration founder Bal Thackeray’s memorial right here and apologise for going in opposition to his beliefs and aligning with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Birthday party (NCP).

    Addressing a mega rally on the Bandra Kurla Complicated’s MMRDA floor at the instance of Dussehra, Shinde mentioned electorate within the state elected the Shiv Sena and the BJP within the 2019 Meeting elections, however Thackeray “betrayed” other people through becoming a member of arms with the Congress and the NCP to shape the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) executive.

    He mentioned huge crowds at his Dussehra rally used to be evidence sufficient to turn who’re true inheritors of Bal Thackeray’s legacy.

    Slamming Thackeray, Shinde, who heads the insurrection faction of the birthday celebration, mentioned the Shiv Sena used to be now not a “personal restricted corporate” and maintained the 56-year-old outfit used to be constructed thru onerous paintings of not unusual Sena staff.

    The manager minister stoutly defended his insurrection in opposition to Thackeray’s management in June that introduced down the MVA executive. Shinde asserted his insurrection used to be now not an act of “betrayal” (gaddari), however a rebellion (gadar).

    The Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena has incessantly centered rebels as “traitors”.

    The rally used to be attended through Jaidev Thackeray, brother of Uddhav Thackeray, and his estranged spouse Smita Thackeray.

    Nihar Thackeray, grandson of overdue Bal Thackeray, additionally attended the rally but even so Champa Singh Thapa, a long-time private aide of the Sena founder.

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday asserted his insurrection used to be now not an act of “betrayal”, however a “rebellion” and requested Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray to kneel down at birthday celebration founder Bal Thackeray’s memorial right here and apologise for going in opposition to his beliefs and aligning with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Birthday party (NCP).

    Addressing a mega rally on the Bandra Kurla Complicated’s MMRDA floor at the instance of Dussehra, Shinde mentioned electorate within the state elected the Shiv Sena and the BJP within the 2019 Meeting elections, however Thackeray “betrayed” other people through becoming a member of arms with the Congress and the NCP to shape the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) executive.

    He mentioned huge crowds at his Dussehra rally used to be evidence sufficient to turn who’re true inheritors of Bal Thackeray’s legacy.

    Slamming Thackeray, Shinde, who heads the insurrection faction of the birthday celebration, mentioned the Shiv Sena used to be now not a “personal restricted corporate” and maintained the 56-year-old outfit used to be constructed thru onerous paintings of not unusual Sena staff.

    The manager minister stoutly defended his insurrection in opposition to Thackeray’s management in June that introduced down the MVA executive. Shinde asserted his insurrection used to be now not an act of “betrayal” (gaddari), however a rebellion (gadar).

    The Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena has incessantly centered rebels as “traitors”.

    The rally used to be attended through Jaidev Thackeray, brother of Uddhav Thackeray, and his estranged spouse Smita Thackeray.

    Nihar Thackeray, grandson of overdue Bal Thackeray, additionally attended the rally but even so Champa Singh Thapa, a long-time private aide of the Sena founder.

  • Sonia seeks file on Jaipur riot, Gehlot much less most probably now to be celebration president

    By way of PTI

    JAIPUR/ NEW DELHI: Dissatisfied over an open riot in Rajasthan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday sought a written file on it from celebration observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken because the probabilities of Ashok Gehlot changing into the celebration leader receded and different names cropped up for the publish.

    Kharge and Maken, who have been despatched as observers to Jaipur for a Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) assembly, briefed Gandhi within the night after their go back to Delhi and termed the parallel meet held via Gehlot loyalists as “indiscipline”.

    They’re anticipated to counsel disciplinary motion in opposition to the ones at the back of the transfer, together with minister Shanti Dhariwal and Rajasthan Congress leader whip Mahesh Joshi.

    Gehlot loyalists had submitted resignation letters to Meeting Speaker C P Joshi on Sunday night, in an obvious bid to position drive at the central management to select anyone from the Gehlot camp as CM if the veteran chief is elected the celebration president.

    The loyalist MLAs indicated that they have been in opposition to the appointment of Sachin Pilot, who led a riot in opposition to Gehlot in 2020, to the publish.

    On Monday, Gehlot loyalist Dhariwal accused Maken, AICC in-charge for Rajasthan, of being eager about a conspiracy to take away Gehlot as leader minister and alleged he was once canvassing for Pilot.

    Each Gehlot and Pilot spent the day at their Jaipur properties. Pilot met his supporters, however they evaded publicly commenting on Sunday’s trends. Gehlot carried out a Navratri puja.

    Sonia Gandhi is reportedly “dissatisfied” over the Rajasthan trends as Gehlot was once being regarded as as her successor for the highest publish.

    Resources stated Gehlot advised the 2 observers that he’s now not at the back of the Jaipur construction and the MLAs eager about it weren’t being attentive to him.

    However the drama put a query mark on whether or not Gehlot would nonetheless run for the celebration president’s publish or anyone else would change him as a candidate supported via the present management.

    Names of senior celebration leaders Kharge, Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Sushilkumar Shinde, Mukul Wasnik and Kumari Selja at the moment are additionally doing the rounds for the publish.

    Congress chief Kamal Nath, who met Sonia Gandhi Monday, dominated himself out as a candidate.

    He has reportedly stepped in as a troubleshooter for his celebration. Kharge and Maken are prone to put up their report back to Gandhi concerning the disaster within the celebration’s state unit via Wednesday.

    After a just about one and part hour-long assembly with Gandhi, Maken advised journalists that it was once “unlucky” that the CLP meet may just now not be held.

    AICC Normal Secretary-Organisation Ok C Venugopal was once additionally provide right through the assembly with Gandhi.

    “Kharge ji and I’ve apprised the Congress president of the CLP assembly in Rajasthan. The Congress president has sought a written file on all the chronology, which we will be able to put up via overdue night time or day after today,” Maken stated.

    “When a CLP assembly is held, retaining a parallel assembly of MLAs is prima facie indiscipline,” he stated.

    Accusing the MLAs within the Gehlot camp of “indiscipline”, Maken stated their call for surroundings stipulations for a solution authorising the celebration president to select the following leader minister was once a “battle of passion”.

    “Within the 75 years of Congress historical past, there hasn’t ever been a conditional solution. The solution is one line handiest. The whole thing is advised to the Congress president after which a call is taken,” he advised journalists in Jaipur.

    “The solution shouldn’t have any battle of passion,” he stated, elaborating that anybody contesting the election may just develop into celebration president after which come to a decision at the solution.

    He stated there was once a transparent path to them from Sonia Gandhi that “we discuss to each MLA and put up a file, after which the Congress president would have taken a decision after talking to everybody”.

    He stated representatives of a few MLAs got here to them in Jaipur to position ahead 3 stipulations.

    One among them was once that the verdict at the solution can be taken after the organisational polls, and this must be a part of the solution.

    In an oblique connection with Gehlot, he requested how is it conceivable that an individual authorising the Congress president to take a decision at the subsequent CM, himself takes a call on it after profitable the celebration election.

    “If this isn’t a battle of passion, then what’s,” he stated.

    Maken stated the MLAs dependable to Gehlot sought after to satisfy them in teams and have been advised via him and Kharge that there was once no precedent for this. One-on-one conferences are held right through CLP meets in order that MLAs can specific themselves freely, he stated.

    Including to the turmoil, Congress leader whip in Rajasthan Meeting Mahesh Joshi stated the celebration MLAs haven’t any objection to whoever is made the executive minister, however the ultimate resolution of the prime command must be agreeable to them.

    “The doubts of the MLAs must be cleared via the prime command after which no matter resolution is taken might be permitted. We don’t have any objection if any person is made the executive minister however the ultimate resolution must have consensus,” Joshi stated.

    Congress assets stated 82 MLAs dependable to Gehlot are prone to grasp every other assembly to come to a decision their subsequent plan of action.

    They are saying they would like anyone who stood with the Congress govt right through the political disaster in Rajasthan in 2020 to be the following CM. In July 2020, Pilot and 18 different celebration MLAs rebelled in opposition to Gehlot’s management. The Congress has 108 MLAs within the 200-member Rajasthan Meeting.

    JAIPUR/ NEW DELHI: Dissatisfied over an open riot in Rajasthan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday sought a written file on it from celebration observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken because the probabilities of Ashok Gehlot changing into the celebration leader receded and different names cropped up for the publish.

    Kharge and Maken, who have been despatched as observers to Jaipur for a Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) assembly, briefed Gandhi within the night after their go back to Delhi and termed the parallel meet held via Gehlot loyalists as “indiscipline”.

    They’re anticipated to counsel disciplinary motion in opposition to the ones at the back of the transfer, together with minister Shanti Dhariwal and Rajasthan Congress leader whip Mahesh Joshi.

    Gehlot loyalists had submitted resignation letters to Meeting Speaker C P Joshi on Sunday night, in an obvious bid to position drive at the central management to select anyone from the Gehlot camp as CM if the veteran chief is elected the celebration president.

    The loyalist MLAs indicated that they have been in opposition to the appointment of Sachin Pilot, who led a riot in opposition to Gehlot in 2020, to the publish.

    On Monday, Gehlot loyalist Dhariwal accused Maken, AICC in-charge for Rajasthan, of being eager about a conspiracy to take away Gehlot as leader minister and alleged he was once canvassing for Pilot.

    Each Gehlot and Pilot spent the day at their Jaipur properties. Pilot met his supporters, however they evaded publicly commenting on Sunday’s trends. Gehlot carried out a Navratri puja.

    Sonia Gandhi is reportedly “dissatisfied” over the Rajasthan trends as Gehlot was once being regarded as as her successor for the highest publish.

    Resources stated Gehlot advised the 2 observers that he’s now not at the back of the Jaipur construction and the MLAs eager about it weren’t being attentive to him.

    However the drama put a query mark on whether or not Gehlot would nonetheless run for the celebration president’s publish or anyone else would change him as a candidate supported via the present management.

    Names of senior celebration leaders Kharge, Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Sushilkumar Shinde, Mukul Wasnik and Kumari Selja at the moment are additionally doing the rounds for the publish.

    Congress chief Kamal Nath, who met Sonia Gandhi Monday, dominated himself out as a candidate.

    He has reportedly stepped in as a troubleshooter for his celebration. Kharge and Maken are prone to put up their report back to Gandhi concerning the disaster within the celebration’s state unit via Wednesday.

    After a just about one and part hour-long assembly with Gandhi, Maken advised journalists that it was once “unlucky” that the CLP meet may just now not be held.

    AICC Normal Secretary-Organisation Ok C Venugopal was once additionally provide right through the assembly with Gandhi.

    “Kharge ji and I’ve apprised the Congress president of the CLP assembly in Rajasthan. The Congress president has sought a written file on all the chronology, which we will be able to put up via overdue night time or day after today,” Maken stated.

    “When a CLP assembly is held, retaining a parallel assembly of MLAs is prima facie indiscipline,” he stated.

    Accusing the MLAs within the Gehlot camp of “indiscipline”, Maken stated their call for surroundings stipulations for a solution authorising the celebration president to select the following leader minister was once a “battle of passion”.

    “Within the 75 years of Congress historical past, there hasn’t ever been a conditional solution. The solution is one line handiest. The whole thing is advised to the Congress president after which a call is taken,” he advised journalists in Jaipur.

    “The solution shouldn’t have any battle of passion,” he stated, elaborating that anybody contesting the election may just develop into celebration president after which come to a decision at the solution.

    He stated there was once a transparent path to them from Sonia Gandhi that “we discuss to each MLA and put up a file, after which the Congress president would have taken a decision after talking to everybody”.

    He stated representatives of a few MLAs got here to them in Jaipur to position ahead 3 stipulations.

    One among them was once that the verdict at the solution can be taken after the organisational polls, and this must be a part of the solution.

    In an oblique connection with Gehlot, he requested how is it conceivable that an individual authorising the Congress president to take a decision at the subsequent CM, himself takes a call on it after profitable the celebration election.

    “If this isn’t a battle of passion, then what’s,” he stated.

    Maken stated the MLAs dependable to Gehlot sought after to satisfy them in teams and have been advised via him and Kharge that there was once no precedent for this. One-on-one conferences are held right through CLP meets in order that MLAs can specific themselves freely, he stated.

    Including to the turmoil, Congress leader whip in Rajasthan Meeting Mahesh Joshi stated the celebration MLAs haven’t any objection to whoever is made the executive minister, however the ultimate resolution of the prime command must be agreeable to them.

    “The doubts of the MLAs must be cleared via the prime command after which no matter resolution is taken might be permitted. We don’t have any objection if any person is made the executive minister however the ultimate resolution must have consensus,” Joshi stated.

    Congress assets stated 82 MLAs dependable to Gehlot are prone to grasp every other assembly to come to a decision their subsequent plan of action.

    They are saying they would like anyone who stood with the Congress govt right through the political disaster in Rajasthan in 2020 to be the following CM. In July 2020, Pilot and 18 different celebration MLAs rebelled in opposition to Gehlot’s management. The Congress has 108 MLAs within the 200-member Rajasthan Meeting.