Politics

A look at the list of winners in Valsad since 1975 will reveal that this assembly seat is Gujarat’s true bellwether seat – where Valsa leads, Gujarat will follow.

Godhra (GEN) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Panchmahal district and Central Gujarat region of Gujarat and is a part of the Panchmahal Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.

Palampur (GEN) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Kangra district and Lower Himachal region of and is a part of the Kangra Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.

Scheduled Tribes such as Bhils, Vasavas and Gamits make up around 14% of Gujarat’s population. This is a section of society too large for any political party to ignore.

While Hardik, Alpesh and Jignesh have found followers across the state, there are others whose appeal is largely confined to certain regions of Gujarat

The election, though, marks the end of the road for a few prominent political faces, who have been integral to Gujarat over decades.

The moment Sonia Gandhi completed her last speech addressed to the party workers as party president and walked up to her chair, an emotional Rahul Gandhi came forward and greeted his mother with a kiss on her forehead.

In his first speech after officially taking over as Congress President, Rahul Gandhi says Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking India down a “medieval path” and that people are being “butchered” for what they eat. He has invited the youth of country to b...

Sonia Gandhi's statement also raised questions if she will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. She currently represents the Nehru-Gandhi bastion of Raebareli in the Lok Sabha.

PM Narendra Modi is headed to the Ambaji temple in Gujarat’s Mehsana district aboard a seaplane, one of the first-ever flights by such an aircraft in the country.

Rahul Gandhi may be declared as the Congress chief today, the last day of withdrawal of nomination in the party’s organisational elections.

PAAS and Hardik Patel are not the only ones who see North Gujarat as a must-win battle. BJP, too, sees its prestige attached to this region.

Actor Vishal had a conversation with the Zonal Officers for over two hours and his nomination was finally accepted. Election Commission said there were discrepancies in the affidavits filed by both Deepa and Vishal.

Rahul Gandhi said the price of pulses had gone up by 177% instead of 77%, tomatoes by 285% instead of 185%, onions by 200% instead of 100% and milk by 131% instead of 31%.

The selection of the presiding officer, for one, is the critical first step towards a hassle-free election. Loyalty and trust are the two primary virtues sought out in the election officer. Nothing more, nothing less.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will be among the proposers for Rahul Gandhi's candidature.