Rajkot: Rajkot Police detained four individuals on Thursday for spreading enmity between the Leuva and Kadwa Patels by circulating a letter. The police action came after the Rajkot City BJP President Mukesh Doshi submitted a memorandum at the police commissioner's office, alleging that miscreants linked to Congress candidate from the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat, Paresh Dhanani, are trying to create enmity between the two communities. The complaint alleges that a letter titled "Jago Leuva Patelo Jaj...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda and Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani have tendered their resignations from their posts which are approved by party leadership in the Centre. However both will continue on their post till their replacement is done by party's central leadership. Though there's no official word about it, but party sources have confirmed this development and communicated it to scribes covering Congress party in Ahmedabad. In the month of December last year, Co...Read More

Ahmedabad: Leader of Opposition in Gujarat, and Congress MLA from Amreli, Paresh Dhanani on Tuesday addressed a public meeting in Viratnagar area of Ahmedabad for Campaign of party candidates by sitting on LPG cylinder in order to propagate his protest against hike in LPG cylinder price. Congress party had recently at its national headquarters addressed a press conference with LPG cylinders on the table. Party leader Rahul Gandhi had recently showed currency notes during his speech to convey a p...Read More

Gandhinagar: As exit polls were in favor of BJP, the leader of opposition in the Gujarat Assembly and Amreli Lok Sabha seat candidate Paresh Dhanani in a controvercial tweet said foolish ones might have voted for Modiji. Dhanani thus termed those who voted for Modi as foolish persons. Dhanani in his Gujarati tweet further said that the innocent people of this country might have carried away by poisonous trend of hypocrite nationalism. Dhanani in his tweet also linked the polling trends w...Read More

Amreli: Leader of opposition and MLA Paresh Dhanani is Congress party's candidate for Amreli Lok Sabha seat. Dhanani is believed Congress president Rahul Gandhi's choice. Ahead of filing nomination, Dhanani today morning addressed a gathering of party workers. The district party unit leaders in their speeches expressed solidarity behind Dhanani's candidature. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani was Wednesday suspended from the Gujarat Assembly for a day for refusing to apologise over his remark that the 'Statue of Unity' dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was made up of scrap metal. Prior to his suspension, the Assembly was adjourned twice following chaos and heated exchanges between the BJP and the Congress over Dhanani's remarks made earlier in the day, dubbed by the members of the ruling party and Speaker Rajendra Trivedi as an ...Read More

Ahmedabad: In yet another embarrassment to opposition Congress, a senior party leader from the home district of leader of opposition Paresh Dhanani today sat on dharna in front of the party's state headquarters in Paldi here alleging that Dhanani and two other MLAs of the party had helped BJP candidate in the election of the Savarkundala APMC. Dipak Malani, who was till recently the taluka Congress president in Savarkundala, sat on dharna here. Malani, also a Director of Gujc...Read More

Gandhinagar: Forest Minister of Gujarat Ganpat Vasava today termed the statement of LoP and senior Congress leader Paresh Dhanani about conspiracy behind death of 23 lions of Gir forest in the state as thoroughly 'irresponsible' and 'political'. Addressing a press conference here Vasava said that the situation in Gir forests was completely under control now. 'After the death of 23 lions of one pride (family) in Sirisiya vidi of Dalkhaniya range in East Gir in Amreli district, no other lion ha...Read More

Talala (Gir Somnath): Giving a new twist to the Gir lions deaths, Leader of opposition in Gujarat and Congress MLA from Amreli Paresh Dhanani today said that that a possibility of conspiracy to kill the lions to pave way for easy translocation of some of them to poll bound Madhya Pradesh could not be ruled out. Dhanani told newsmen here today that it should also be kept in mind whether the death of 23 lions of just one family (pride) in Sarasiya vidi under Dalkhaniya range of East Gir ...Read More