Gujarat Congress Mlas To Join Bjp

Ruling BJP and Aam Aadmi Party have rewarded several leaders, who quit rival political parties and joined them, by offering them tickets to contest the upcoming Assembly polls, while Congress has fielded 21 sitting MLAs

In another jolt to the opposition Congress on the second day in a row ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, senior MLA Bhagwan Barad on Wednesday resigned as a legislator and primary member and is set to join BJP.

Mohansinh Rathva, a 10-time Congress MLA in Gujarat, has quit the party less than a month to go for the assembly election in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, where the Congress has been struggling to come to power for over two decades.

In a blow to the Gujarat Congress, its former MLA Indranil Rajguru on Thursday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Rajkot, citing that the party has emerged as the best option to serve the people and uproot the ruling BJP in the state.

Trouble seems to be brewing for the Congress in Gujarat as Jamnagar (Rural) lawmaker Vallabh Dharaviya today became the third MLA to quit the party in the last four days.

A crisis was averted in the newly-formed Gujarat government today, with BJP chief Amit Shah stepping in to address the grievances of Nitin Patel, the deputy of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mr Patel had been deeply unhappy with the portfolios he was given and Hardik Patel had been sending feelers to him.

Hardik Patel, the Patidar leader who had fiercely campaigned against the BJP in the Gujarat elections, today attempted to exacerbate the birth pangs of the state's new government led Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who is struggling with a sulking deputy, Nitin Patel.

Former Gujarat Congress MLA Raghavji Patel, who voted against senior leader Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha elections held last month, today became the latest entrant to the BJP in the poll-bound state.

Seven Congress MLAs in Gujarat, who were expelled from the party after they had voted against party candidate Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha polls, have resigned as legislators, Assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora said today.

Opposition Congress today claimed in Lok Sabha that its MLAs in Gujarat were being offered Rs 15 crore in return of support to the BJP and being pressurised by the ruling party in the state.

The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...

After the exit of six Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, a senior party legislator has said Ahmed Patel will find it difficult to win the elections as more opposition lawmakers are likely to resign in the days to come. Congress MLA Raghavjee Patel, considered close to former party strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, indicated that he too woul...

The Congress is flying out 44 of its Gujarat legislators to Bangalore on Friday night in damage control after six of them resigned in the last two days. Three have joined the BJP, in what is seen as an elaborate plan scripted by veteran politician Shankarsinh Vaghela to stall the return of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel to the Rajya Sabha in el...

Ruling BJP and Aam Aadmi Party have rewarded several leaders, who quit rival political parties and joined them, by offering them tickets to contest the upcoming Assembly polls, while Congress has fielded 21 sitting MLAs

In another jolt to the opposition Congress on the second day in a row ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, senior MLA Bhagwan Barad on Wednesday resigned as a legislator and primary member and is set to join BJP.

Mohansinh Rathva, a 10-time Congress MLA in Gujarat, has quit the party less than a month to go for the assembly election in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, where the Congress has been struggling to come to power for over two decades.

In a blow to the Gujarat Congress, its former MLA Indranil Rajguru on Thursday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Rajkot, citing that the party has emerged as the best option to serve the people and uproot the ruling BJP in the state.

Trouble seems to be brewing for the Congress in Gujarat as Jamnagar (Rural) lawmaker Vallabh Dharaviya today became the third MLA to quit the party in the last four days.

A crisis was averted in the newly-formed Gujarat government today, with BJP chief Amit Shah stepping in to address the grievances of Nitin Patel, the deputy of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mr Patel had been deeply unhappy with the portfolios he was given and Hardik Patel had been sending feelers to him.

Hardik Patel, the Patidar leader who had fiercely campaigned against the BJP in the Gujarat elections, today attempted to exacerbate the birth pangs of the state's new government led Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who is struggling with a sulking deputy, Nitin Patel.

Former Gujarat Congress MLA Raghavji Patel, who voted against senior leader Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha elections held last month, today became the latest entrant to the BJP in the poll-bound state.

Seven Congress MLAs in Gujarat, who were expelled from the party after they had voted against party candidate Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha polls, have resigned as legislators, Assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora said today.

Opposition Congress today claimed in Lok Sabha that its MLAs in Gujarat were being offered Rs 15 crore in return of support to the BJP and being pressurised by the ruling party in the state.

The Congress has sequestered 40 of its legislators from Gujarat in faraway Bengaluru as it tries to prevent more defections ahead of crucial elections in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. Six Congress legislators, all loyal to veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela, h...

After the exit of six Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, a senior party legislator has said Ahmed Patel will find it difficult to win the elections as more opposition lawmakers are likely to resign in the days to come. Congress MLA Raghavjee Patel, considered close to former party strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, indicated that he too woul...

The Congress is flying out 44 of its Gujarat legislators to Bangalore on Friday night in damage control after six of them resigned in the last two days. Three have joined the BJP, in what is seen as an elaborate plan scripted by veteran politician Shankarsinh Vaghela to stall the return of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel to the Rajya Sabha in el...