Articles tagged under: Arjun Modhwadia

Porbandar district and city Congress chiefs quit with over 300 cadres

March 10, 2024
Porbandar district and city Congress chiefs quit with over 300 cadres

Porbandar: After former Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia left Congress and joined BJP, the main opposition Congress party suspended his brother Ramde Modhwadia for six years. The party's move has triggered rebellion to the scale that Porbandar Congress's district and city presidents have resigned with over 300 cadres and office bearers. The situation is described in a way that the Porbandar district Congress has no cadre or organization left. It's a matter of time that these party office b...Read More

Former Congress leaders Arjun Modhwadia and Ambrish Der join BJP in Gujarat

March 05, 2024
Former Congress leaders Arjun Modhwadia and Ambrish Der join BJP in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: After resigning from the Congress party on Monday, former Congress MLA and State Party President Arjun Modhwadia, along with Gujarat Congress's Working President Ambrish Der and their supporters, joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. The former Congress leaders donned saffron caps and scarves in the presence of Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil at the state party headquarters, 'Shri Kamalam,' in the state capital. Arjun Modhwadia was the sitting MLA from Porbandar. H...Read More

What Arjun Modhwadia said after quitting Congress?

March 04, 2024
What Arjun Modhwadia said after quitting Congress?

Gandhinagar: Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia today said, if a political party loses a cord with people, it can't survive for long and becomes an NGO. He said it was a matter of faith tor people that Ram Mandir should be constructed and it was achieved constitutionally through court order, but Congress leaders rejected invitation for Pran Pratishshtha ceremony. I expressed my voice that this hurts sentiments of people and such political decision must not be taken, but appeared that those who t...Read More

A big big setback for Congress party in Gujarat; Arjun Modhwadia resigns, set to join BJP

March 04, 2024
A big big setback for Congress party in Gujarat; Arjun Modhwadia resigns, set to join BJP

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress's top leader Arjun Modhwadia has resigned from the State assembly and also from the party. He handed over his resignation letter to the State Assembly Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary here. This is a major setback for Congress, perhaps the biggest after the State unit lost Ahmed Patel due to his passing away. The party is shocked by this exit. Arjun Modhwadia who hails from Maher (Other Backward Class) community of coastal Saurashtra, enjoys unmatched weight and exp...Read More

Speculations rife about resignations of Lunwada, Porbandar Congress MLAs soon; Both refute

January 24, 2024
Speculations rife about resignations of Lunwada, Porbandar Congress MLAs soon; Both refute

Mahisagar: There are fresh speculations regarding possible resignations of two Congress MLAs - Arjunbhai Modhwadia (Porbandar) and Gulabsinh Chauhan (Lunawada). Both MLAs have refuted the news reports that they are likely to leave the main opposition Congress party and resign from the post of the Member of Legislative Assembly. Speculations were rife throughout today that Lunwada Congress MLA, Gulabsinh Somsinh Chauhan, is likely to leave the main opposition party, Congress. A news report als...Read More

Congress refutes “rumors” that Arjun Modhwadia is set to leave the party

January 14, 2024
Congress refutes “rumors” that Arjun Modhwadia is set to leave the party

Gandhinagar: Amid speculations that number of party MLAs including former Gujarat Congress chief and former Opposition leader Arjun Modhwadia may leave the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha general elections this year, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee Media Convenor and Spokesperson Dr. Manish Doshi informed that the news going on about the former president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee Arjunbhai Modhwadia is just a rumor. Doshi said - 'such rumors are being spread deliberatel...Read More

Arjun Modhwadia, Ambarish Der from Gujarat Congress upset with Congress decision to boycott Ram Mandir’s inauguration function

January 11, 2024
Arjun Modhwadia, Ambarish Der from Gujarat Congress upset with Congress decision to boycott Ram Mandir’s inauguration function

Gandhinagar: Is the senior Congress leader, former Gujarat Congress chief and former leader of opposition in the State assembly, Arjun Modhwadia upset with the Congress party? Will he join ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) eventually? Such speculations sparked off this evening after Modhwadia's tweet in which he expressed displeasure over Congress party's decision to boycott the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir's inauguration function in Ayodhya. Modhwadia in his tweet said that Bhagwan Ram is God w...Read More

Modhwadia admires Vidya Samiksha Kendra of Gujarat govt; asks all MLAs to pay visit

February 28, 2023

Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat Congress chief and Porbandar legislator Arjun Modhwadia who is considered the senior-most leader of the opposition party in the State Assembly and respected-most in the State party organization today admired Gujarat government's, Vidya Samiksha Kendra. During the debate on the bill to make Gujarati language education compulsory in classes 1 to 8 across the schools in the State, Modhwadia admired VIdhya Samiksha Kendra and said the efforts of the education departme...Read More

Gujarat yet to receive Rs 9,136.26 cr in GST compensation from Centre

February 28, 2023
Gujarat yet to receive Rs 9,136.26 cr in GST compensation from Centre

Gandhinagar: The state government of Gujarat has yet to recover Rs 9,136.26 crore in GST compensation from the Union government, said Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai in response to a question from Congress MLA Arjun Modhwadia in the state assembly. During a discussion on the issue in the House, Modhwadia argued that Gujarat, being a manufacturing state, has been losing an average of Rs 15,000 crore every year since the implementation of the GST Act. Desai stated that Gujarat had claimed Rs 30...Read More

Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda, LoP Paresh Dhanani offer resignations; Decision by Delhi leadership expected within this month

December 16, 2020
Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda, LoP Paresh Dhanani offer resignations; Decision by Delhi leadership expected within this month

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda and Leader of Opposition in the State assembly Paresh Dhanani both have offered their resignations following party's defeat on all 8 assembly seats that went for by-poll recently. State party incharge Rajeev Satav has confirmed this development. Satav also said that by the end of the month of December, decision on these resignations and other changes in party's state organisation will be announced from Delhi. Calendar year 2020 has been e...Read More