Voting in Gujarat will take place in two phases, on December 9 and 14 for all of the 182-seat Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Counting of votes in both states will be held on December 18.
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Gujarat Elections 2017 Highlights: PM Modi Addresses Four Rallies In Gujarat
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Updated : December 10, 2017 6:54 pm IST
Gujarat Election 2017: PM Modi addresses a rally in Gujarat's Bhavnagar
The stakes are high in latest election battle being fought in Gujarat. The two major parties in the fray, the BJP and the Congress, have been campaigning aggressively, aiming not only to retain power in their own states but also to ride an anti-incumbency wave in the other. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat has been the prime focus of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi as he hopes to defeat BJP, which has been in power in Gujarat for the last 22 years. Mr Gandhi is being supported byHardik Patel and his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS). PM Modi, who has visited the state almost 10 times ahead of the polls will hold roadshows in major cities staring November 18.
Voting in Gujarat will take place in two phases, on December 9 and 14 for all of the 182-seat Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Counting of votes in both states will be held on December 18.
Voting in Gujarat will take place in two phases, on December 9 and 14 for all of the 182-seat Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Counting of votes in both states will be held on December 18.
Dec 10, 2017 18:54 (IST)
Dec 10, 2017 16:05 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi tweeted, "Addressed a rally in Palanpur. Focussed on development initiatives of BJP Governments in Gujarat. Banaskantha has distinguished itself as an agriculture hub, particularly potato cultivation, in the last decade."
Dec 10, 2017 15:32 (IST)
Dec 10, 2017 12:42 (IST)
Dec 10, 2017 12:40 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi at the Palanpur rally, Gujarat
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Dec 10, 2017 11:18 (IST)
Rahul Gandhi's Gujarat campaign today will begin with a visit to the Ranchhodji Mandir .
Dec 10, 2017 10:51 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address meetings and rallies at Palanpur, Sanand, Kalol and Vadodara in Gujarat today.
Dec 05, 2017 01:01 (IST)
Asserting that the BJP governments at Centre and Gujarat are prepared to tackle the situation when Cyclone Ockhi makes a landfall on state's coast today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a jibe at the Congress over its "inefficient handling" of natural calamities in the past.
Dec 04, 2017 19:44 (IST)
After three Congress leaders were detained by the Gujarat police on Saturday night, the Congress accused the BJP of indulging in violence against its candidates in Gujarat and urged the Election Commission to initiate action.
Dec 04, 2017 15:24 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi's 'Aurangzeb Raj' Dig As Rahul Gandhi Set To Become Congress Chief
As Rahul Gandhi filed nomination papers for the post of Congress president in Delhi surrounded by fawning party leaders, PM Modi took a dig at him in Gujarat's Valsad, where he addressed an election rally this morning.
As Rahul Gandhi filed nomination papers for the post of Congress president in Delhi surrounded by fawning party leaders, PM Modi took a dig at him in Gujarat's Valsad, where he addressed an election rally this morning.
Dec 04, 2017 14:56 (IST)
- I fail to understand why is the Congress once again doing what it always did in the past- divide people, be it on caste lines, communal lines, between villages and cities. Congress has learnt 'divide and rule' from our colonial rulers rather well
- Gujarat has grown due to the power of Shanti, Ekta and Sadbhavana
- The people of UP know the Congress and their leadership well. And see how they have rejected Congress repeatedly
- Congress has a very 'able' lawyer in Kapil Sibal. He is always handling all the indefensible and wrong matters. In 2007 he came to Viramgam and said after the results are out Modi will be in Jail. He was very powerful in that government
- I am seing videos of Congress supporters saying, vote for Congress on 9th and 14th and then we will do 'Dadagiri' for 5 years. This is not the Gujarat that the people desire
- I appeal to the Congress to stick to the truth. The people of Gujarat do not like poll time lollipops and false promises of the Congress
Dec 04, 2017 12:30 (IST)
PM Modi addresses a rally in Gujarat's Dharampur:
- I have spent many years of my life in Gujarat's tribal stretch, worked among tribal communities. Congress can't either tolerate or accept leaders from Gujarat. They have always defamed Gujarat
- I congratulate the Congress on their 'Aurangzeb Raj.' For us, the well being of the people matters and 125 crore Indians are our high command
- Mani Shankar Aiyar said that 'did elections happen during Mughal rule? After Jehangir, Shahjahan came, was any election held? After Shahjahan it was understood Aurangzeb will be the leader'. So Congress accepts its a family party? We don't want this Aurangzeb rule
- Why has the Congress stopped saying BJP is anti-Muslim? Earlier, they would go out of the way to show their secularism but now we are all seeing what they are doing in this election, where they are going. Unfortunately for them, Muslims know their real nature
- Each and every person who has looted the poor, I want to tell them- I am not scared of you, will return everything that belongs to the poor
Dec 03, 2017 23:44 (IST)
Surat's large non-Gujarati population, mainly textile traders and workers from UP, Bihar and Rajasthan who control the power-loom industry, are also seen as being divided over supporting the ruling party. The migrants comprise nearly 26% of Surat's 44.26 lakh population.
Dec 03, 2017 23:44 (IST)
Surat, Gujarat's commercial capital and its second largest city, is politically high-profile. In 2012, BJP won 15 of Surat's 16 seats, one went to Congress. In December 2015 -- a few months after Hardik Patel started his quota agitation -- the Congress more than doubled its seats in the civic elections, although the BJP won the corporation.
Dec 03, 2017 23:43 (IST)
The BJP won 28 of the 35 seats in South Gujarat in 2012. But the party is seen as worried over the challenge posed by the Patidar community, traditional BJP voters who have turned against the state government. The vast Saurashtra region has large sections of the Patidars who have been demanding quota in jobs and education.
Dec 03, 2017 23:43 (IST)
Tomorrow, PM Modi is scheduled to address rallies at Dharampur in Valsad, followed by Bhavnagar and Junagadh, and then Jamnagar in Saurashtra. The seven rallies have been pitched by the ruling BJP as "Vikas Rallies". Eighty-nine seats of south Gujarat and Saurashtra vote in the first phase of the assembly polls on Saturday.
Dec 03, 2017 23:42 (IST)
The BJP had won 28 of South Gujarat's 35 seats in 2012.
The Congress, which won six, is hoping to make major gains in the area after it came to an understanding with Hardik Patel, the face of Patidar agitation.
Dec 03, 2017 23:41 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today suggested a repeat in assembly polls in Gujarat where his party, the BJP, has ruled for 22 straight years.
"We saw what happened there in the local elections. Congress was wiped out. UP knows the Congress well and so does Gujarat," PM Modi said at a rally in Bharuch.
Dec 03, 2017 16:07 (IST)
Attacking Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says if you don't have democracy in your own house (party), how can you practise it in the country, reported news agency PTI.
Dec 03, 2017 14:31 (IST)
At the Bharuch Rally, PM Modi attacks Congress, says Congress wants to divide society on caste, creed and religion, reported news agency PTI.
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