Gandhinagar: A total of 265 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha general elections on 25 out of 26 parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat. According to details announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI), a total of 433 candidates had filled the nomination forms for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat during the candidacy stage of the election. During the form verification process last Saturday, the ECI recognized 328 out of 433 candidates to contest the elections. Later, by 3 ...Read More

Surat: Disqualified Congress candidate on Surat Lok Sabha seat, Nilesh Kumbhani left for vacation in Goa with his family after his nomination forms were rejected by the Election Officer. Speculations are rife that he may join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) at appropriate time. With rejection of several nomination forms including those of Kumbhani and Congress party's dummy candidate, and withdrawal of nominations by all other candidates, the only candidate left in the field, BJP's Mu...Read More

Surat: The nomination forms of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhai were rejected by the Election Officer after all three proposers said the signatures in forms were not theirs. Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhai had filed three nomination forms with three different proposers. However all three met with the Election Officer and also submitted their notarized affidavits conveying that the signatures in nomination forms in their names were not theirs. One of the proposers is Kumbhani's busines...Read More

Surat: The nomination form of Congress party's Surat Lok Sabha seat candidate, Nilesh Kumbhani has been prima facie found to attract invalidation by the Election Officer, as proposers Ramesh Palara, Jagdish Savaliya and Dhruvin Dhameliya, claimed they had not signed the nomination forms of Kumbhani. All thre proposers made this representation physically before the Election Officer and also presented affidavits. Interestingly, Congress has also fielded Suresh Padsala as its dummy candidate on ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Umedsinh Jhala, a Congress party candidate on Daskroi assembly seat in the year 2022 State assembly election today joined Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) with his supporters. He was offered BJP's saffron scarf by State BJP chief CR Patil in presence of local MLA, district BJP chiefs of Ahmedabad and Kheda among others. DeshGujaratRead More

Navsari: The Congress Party announced Naishad Desai as their candidate for the Navsari Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat last week. Desai, who will be contesting against the state BJP chief C.R. Patil in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, has adopted the attire of Mahatma Gandhi for the poll campaign. He has shaved off his head, is wearing a Dhoti, and is walking with a stick. Desai stated that winning or losing the election is not the focus. Talking to the media Desai remarked, 'The present Modi gove...Read More

Gandhinagar: The main opposition political party, Indian National Congress has declared the final list of its candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha general elections in Gujarat. Ramji Thakor (Palvi) will contest for the Mahesana seat as a Congress candidate, while city unit party chief Himmatsinh Patel will contest the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat. BJP has fielded Haribhai Patel in Mahesana and HS Patel in the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat. By fielding Thakor in the Mahesana seat, Congres...Read More

Banaskantha: Former Gujarat Congress general secretary D. D. Rajput joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Rajput joined the ruling dispensation at a public rally of Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel in Tharad in North Gujarat. Rajput, who resigned from the Congress party in March along with several other leaders from the Kshatriya community, was presented with saffron scarfs by CM as he welcomed them to the party. This development comes at a time when the Kshatriya community is prote...Read More

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today approved the proposal for the constitution of the Campaign Committee, Strategy Committee, Election Management Committee, Publicity Committee, Program Implementation Committee, Media Coordination Committee, Legal Coordination Committee, and Protocol Committee of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee for the upcoming General Elections. Here are the details of the committees: Campaign Committee 1. Shri Siddharthbhai Patel - Chairman 2....Read More