Category Articles: BJP

Artist Dev Pagli, ex-MLA, former candidate, others join BJP in Gujarat

March 19, 2024

 Gandhinagar: Former MLA Joita Patel, ex-candidate Lebji Thakor and others including several Cine artists joined the BJP today at the State party headquarters. The most eye-catching name in the list was that of Dev Pagli, a popular rural Gujarati folk singer. There were just too many people on the stage in an unending queue to join the BJP. The State Party chief CR Patil dropped the program midway and left the stage due to a huge number of new joiners. Many cine artists avoided going on...Read More

Savli BJP MLA Ketan Inamdar offers resignation from the State Assembly on email

March 19, 2024
Savli BJP MLA Ketan Inamdar offers resignation from the State Assembly on email

Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Ketan Inamdar has offered his resignation from the State assembly. His resignation is not accepted, however. Inamdar has sent his resignation to the Speaker of the State Assembly via email. Inamdar has in his media interviews said he feels the party should maintain respect for old-time party men who have sacrificed their time and resources for the party. He said the old-time party workers should be consulted by the party and their re...Read More

3 former candidates of AAP join BJP in Gujarat

March 18, 2024
3 former candidates of AAP join BJP in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Three more former candidates of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who contested the 2022 Gujarat Assembly polls have in latest joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. At the event held at Gujarat BJP Headquarters, Shri Kamalam, in the presence of state BJP chief C R Patil, AAP city president Jayantibhai Jethalal Mevada, also known as J J Mevada, along with hundreds of supporters, joined the BJP. Mevada was the AAP candidate from the Asarwa assembly seat in the 2022 Gujarat ...Read More

Ribadiya to withdraw petition against Bhayani’s victory on Visavadar seat

March 18, 2024
Ribadiya to withdraw petition against Bhayani’s victory on Visavadar seat

Visavadar: BJP leader Harshad Ribadiya is set to withdraw his petition challenging the victory of Bhupat Bhayani from the Visavadar seat in the 2022 Gujarat Assembly election. This move will pave the way for the announcement of by-elections for the seat. The Election Commission of India declared by-polls for five vacant assembly seats on Saturday, but there was no announcement regarding the sixth vacant seat of Visavadar. The reason for this was the pending court case filed by BJP's Harshad R...Read More

ECI didn’t announce Visavdar by-poll due to this reason

March 16, 2024
ECI didn’t announce Visavdar by-poll due to this reason

Gandhinagar: There was for some time confusion over by-election of Visavdar assembly seat which is vacant since mid December. While the Election Commission of India declared by-polls of five vacant assembly seats today and announced polling date as 7th May, the sixth vacant seat of Visavdar didn't figure in the press release and press conference. It is learned however that ECI hasn't declared Visavdar by-poll due to a pending court case. Harshad Ribadiya, a then BJP candidate who contested a...Read More

PM Modi shares Mai Modi Ka Parivar Hoon campaign song

March 16, 2024

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today on all his social media channels shared 'Mai Modi Ka Parivar Hoon' video song ahead of the announcement of the schedule of the general elections 2024 for Lok Sabha. Mai Modi Ka Parivar Hoon means 'I am the family of Modi'. Ever since INDI alliance leader from Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav attacked Modi for not having a family, scores of Modi supporters, BJP leaders, and others added 'Modi's family' to their social media handles. This became a mo...Read More

Amit Shah kicks off election campaign for Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat

March 15, 2024
Amit Shah kicks off election campaign for Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat

Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived at Ahmedabad on Thursday evening and reached Memnagar Gurukul road based Bhidbhanjan Hanuman mandir at 9 am on Friday. He launched his campaign in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat area from Gurukul road. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and local MLAs were present on this occasion. Shah said it's only in BJP possible that a person putting up banners of party can become union home minister and a person selling tea can become the Prime Min...Read More

Gujarat BJP suspends Vadodara based national office bearer of party for 6 years

March 14, 2024
Gujarat BJP suspends Vadodara based national office bearer of party for 6 years

Vadodara: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced the suspension of Dr. Jyotiben Pandya (Vadodara) from all posts and primary membership of the party. The decision was taken on the instruction of Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil, according to a note released by State BJP media convener Yagnesh Pandya today. Jyotiben Pandya is a senior functionary of the party. She is former Mayor of Vadodara and national vice president of BJP Mahila Morcha (Women’s’ wing). She was expecting a...Read More

Who is Jashubhai Rathwa, BJP Lok Sabha candidate for Chhota Udepur seat?

March 14, 2024
Who is Jashubhai Rathwa, BJP Lok Sabha candidate for Chhota Udepur seat?

Gandhinagar: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday declared 7 Lok Sabha candidates for Gujarat, among which one of new names was Jashubhai Rathwa's. Jashubhai Rathwa started as Sarpanch of Vasedi gram panchayat in Chhota Udepur taluka. He became district BJP chief, Adijati Vikas Corporation's Director and Vice President of Gujarat BJP Schedule Tribe morcha. Rathwa had contested assembly election in 2017 unsuccessfully. He lost this election by 1100 votes. Rathwa had also c...Read More

Who is Dhaval Patel, BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Valsad (ST)

March 13, 2024
Who is Dhaval Patel, BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Valsad (ST)

Gandhinagar Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared 7 more Lok Sabha candidates today in Gujarat. One of the new names in this list is Dhaval Patel a candidate for the Valsad Lok Sabha seat which is reserved for Schedule Tribe candidates. Surat-based Dhaval Patel is a renowned name among Right-wing Twitter handles. Dhaval has been the National Social Media in charge of the BJP Schedule Tribe Morcha. He has authored a book 'Bharat ke Janjatiya Krantiveer; Swatantrata Sangram ki ...Read More