Amit Shah Gujarat Rally

Addressing a rally in Mahudha town of Kheda district in support of BJP candidates ahead of the next month's Assembly elections, Mr Shah alleged, "During the Congress rule in Gujarat (before 1995), communal riots were rampant.

Rahul Gandhi appeared before a Surat court today to plead "not guilty" in connection with a defamation case filed after the Congress leader allegedly said: "... all thieves have Modi as common surname" at an election rally in Karnataka ahead of national elections in April-May

At an election rally in Gujarat to mark the day when Amit Shah takes over from LK Advani to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Gandhinagar, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked the crowd why PM Modi should not get credit for the decision to carry out air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot, which destroyed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp.

BJP president Amit Shah filed his nomination for the national election from Gandhinagar this afternoon, flanked by union ministers Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley, and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in a massive show of strength by the National Democratic Alliance or NDA.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today accused the BJP-led centre of politicising the Indian military and unleashing upon the country a "propaganda war" for the sole purpose of hiding actual issues affecting the people ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address her maiden public rally in Gujarat along with brother and party President Rahul Gandhi on February 28, signalling the intent to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in their home state.

Campaigning ends today for the first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections, with voting to be held on Saturday in 89 of the state's 182 constituencies. The rest will vote next Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in key Surat, while BJP chief Amit Shah will campaign in Saurashtra. A poll of opinion polls, which aggregates thre...

The Cyclone Ochki, which is expected to settle near Surat by midnight, has come as a dampener amid the elections heat in Gujarat. Nearly half-a-dozen rallies by star campaigners from both sides, scheduled for today and tomorrow, had to be cancelled. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose rally at Surat tomorrow was cancelled as well, asked senior part...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat, set the tone for the BJP's massive election blitzkrieg in Gujarat today. Top leaders and union ministers, led by BJP chief Amit Shah, were seen sitting with cups of tea to hear PM Modi's address. The special Mann ki Baat - Chai Ke Saath was organized at 50,000 polli...

In a fortnight starting Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address between 32 and 35 rallies in his home state Gujarat, where assembly elections will be held on December 9 and 14. To mark the beginning of the campaign blitz, the BJP also plans a mega "Chai ke saath" programme in all the 50,000 plus booths in the state and "jan sabhas," where...

BJP president Amit Shah today said the Gujarat election was not just a fight between two parties but a battle between Congress's casteism and dynastic rule and Prime Minster Narendra Modi's developmental politics.

Back at Mansa where he led a massive public rally in the early days of his 2015 agitation, 24-year-old Hardik Patel returned to the town, 30 kilometres from capital Gandhinagar, on Saturday to declare an all-out "war to weed out" the BJP government and dared the ruling party leaders, who he said were trying to "target him personally", to send him t...

Between updates from rallies he is holding in Gujarat, Hardik Patel also tweeted an ultimatum to the Congress this weekend. The party must, the 24-year-old said, explain by Friday next, November 3, its stand on the Patel community's demand for reservation in government jobs and colleges, if it wants his support in the December assembly elections

What Patel has managed to establish with his well-attended rallies is extreme reactions from the BJP - for a newcomer, that's the sign of having arrived.

The poll dates have not been announced yet.In a series of tweets, PM Modi said the 'Gujarat Gaurav Mahasammelan' will be attended by "lakhs of BJP karyakartas" from across the state.

Addressing a rally in Mahudha town of Kheda district in support of BJP candidates ahead of the next month's Assembly elections, Mr Shah alleged, "During the Congress rule in Gujarat (before 1995), communal riots were rampant.

Rahul Gandhi appeared before a Surat court today to plead "not guilty" in connection with a defamation case filed after the Congress leader allegedly said: "... all thieves have Modi as common surname" at an election rally in Karnataka ahead of national elections in April-May

At an election rally in Gujarat to mark the day when Amit Shah takes over from LK Advani to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Gandhinagar, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked the crowd why PM Modi should not get credit for the decision to carry out air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot, which destroyed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp.

BJP president Amit Shah filed his nomination for the national election from Gandhinagar this afternoon, flanked by union ministers Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley, and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in a massive show of strength by the National Democratic Alliance or NDA.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today accused the BJP-led centre of politicising the Indian military and unleashing upon the country a "propaganda war" for the sole purpose of hiding actual issues affecting the people ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address her maiden public rally in Gujarat along with brother and party President Rahul Gandhi on February 28, signalling the intent to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in their home state.

Campaigning ends today for the first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections, with voting to be held on Saturday in 89 of the state's 182 constituencies. The rest will vote next Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in key Surat, while BJP chief Amit Shah will campaign in Saurashtra. A poll of opinion polls, which aggregates thre...

The Cyclone Ochki, which is expected to settle near Surat by midnight, has come as a dampener amid the elections heat in Gujarat. Nearly half-a-dozen rallies by star campaigners from both sides, scheduled for today and tomorrow, had to be cancelled. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose rally at Surat tomorrow was cancelled as well, asked senior part...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat, set the tone for the BJP's massive election blitzkrieg in Gujarat today. Top leaders and union ministers, led by BJP chief Amit Shah, were seen sitting with cups of tea to hear PM Modi's address. The special Mann ki Baat - Chai Ke Saath was organized at 50,000 polli...

In a fortnight starting Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address between 32 and 35 rallies in his home state Gujarat, where assembly elections will be held on December 9 and 14. To mark the beginning of the campaign blitz, the BJP also plans a mega "Chai ke saath" programme in all the 50,000 plus booths in the state and "jan sabhas," where...

BJP president Amit Shah today said the Gujarat election was not just a fight between two parties but a battle between Congress's casteism and dynastic rule and Prime Minster Narendra Modi's developmental politics.

Back at Mansa where he led a massive public rally in the early days of his 2015 agitation, 24-year-old Hardik Patel returned to the town, 30 kilometres from capital Gandhinagar, on Saturday to declare an all-out "war to weed out" the BJP government and dared the ruling party leaders, who he said were trying to "target him personally", to send him t...

Between updates from rallies he is holding in Gujarat, Hardik Patel also tweeted an ultimatum to the Congress this weekend. The party must, the 24-year-old said, explain by Friday next, November 3, its stand on the Patel community's demand for reservation in government jobs and colleges, if it wants his support in the December assembly elections

What Patel has managed to establish with his well-attended rallies is extreme reactions from the BJP - for a newcomer, that's the sign of having arrived.

The poll dates have not been announced yet.In a series of tweets, PM Modi said the 'Gujarat Gaurav Mahasammelan' will be attended by "lakhs of BJP karyakartas" from across the state.