Written By Rohit Bhan

Alpesh Thakore, the 42-year-old backward class leader was suspended and another Congress lawmaker evicted from the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday as a belligerent Congress-led opposition created ruckus in the House as Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented his budget.

Vijay Rupani is likely to continue as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister, top BJP sources said, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley heads to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators will formally elect the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held...

Savarkundla Mansukh Vardoriya says he can tell the BJP what went wrong for the party in Saurashtra in the Gujarat assembly elections. "Arrogance and sheer indifference to farmers' plight," says the 55-year-old Patidar farmer as he stares at the inferior cotton crop on his 20 bighas of land hit by unseasonal rain a few months ago.

Dhiru Vara, a 45-year-old farmer from Savarkundla, is clear which way he would vote in the coming assembly elections. In Amreli and Bhavnagar - located in the politically important Saurashtra region -- farmers like him, most of them Patidars, are visibly upset with the government. And the face of Patidar agitation, 24-year-old Hardik Patel, has rai...

A human rights activist has complained to the Election Commission about a video circulating on social media platforms that is seen as an attempt to polarize the political campaign in Gujarat ahead of next month's elections.

A day after the BJP announced its first list of 70 candidates for next month's Gujarat assembly elections, the party found itself facing protests from supporters of a senior leader while a sitting legislator from Saurashtra resigned with a scathing break-up message.

A cautious BJP has announced its first list of candidates for 70 assembly constituencies in Gujarat, internally categorised as the A seats, or those which the party is absolutely sure of winning. It includes 58 candidates for the first phase of elections on December 9, when voting will be held in 89 seats.

Banned from using the word "Pappu", the ruling BJP in Gujarat has turned to its other go-to nickname in an ad campaign targeting Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The party has already snagged the Election Commission's clearance for its new ad featuring "Yuvaraj" or "prince".

Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old who has vowed to help defeat the BJP in next month's election in Gujarat, says that a sex CD broadcast on Monday on Gujarati channels which say it features him is not authentic and is evidence of the BJP's "dirty politics."

Hardik Patel, 24, did not turn up after all for a midnight meeting with top Congress leaders on Wednesday night, called to discuss a political understanding for the December assembly elections in Gujarat. He sent a 13-member team of his Patidar Anamat Andalona Samiti (PAAS), who said more meetings would be held with the Congress and Mr Patel would ...

A video that shows a group of bikers chasing lions in Gujarat's Gir sanctuary has gone viral. The four men, three of whom, the police say, have been arrested, are seen chasing lions, lionesses and cubs. The license plate for one of the bikes can be seen. The lions run frantically to escape the interlopers.

With the high stake Gujarat assembly election just a month away, BJP chief Amit Shah today launched an intense six-day campaign in which top leaders of the party are knocking on door of voters' and asking them to vote for the BJP.

Hardik Patel, 24, will meet top leaders of the Congress tonight to suss out if they can remain a political team for this December's election in Gujarat.

After memes and slogans, the Congress and BJP are now waging a video war on social media as the Gujarat campaign for elections next month gets more intense. Activist Hardik Patel's team is also targeting the ruling BJP with an aggressive video campaign aimed at harnessing the support of Gujarat's younger voters. 65 per cent of the state's voters ar...

DG Vanzara, who spent nine years in prison after being accused of extra-judicial killings as a top cop in Gujarat, says that he's negotiating to join the BJP ahead of December's election. "There were brief meetings, but so far, nothing has materialized as far as joining the party is concerned. There is no truth in reports that I have sought a ticke...

Alpesh Thakore, the 42-year-old backward class leader was suspended and another Congress lawmaker evicted from the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday as a belligerent Congress-led opposition created ruckus in the House as Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented his budget.

Vijay Rupani is likely to continue as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister, top BJP sources said, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley heads to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators will formally elect the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held...

Savarkundla Mansukh Vardoriya says he can tell the BJP what went wrong for the party in Saurashtra in the Gujarat assembly elections. "Arrogance and sheer indifference to farmers' plight," says the 55-year-old Patidar farmer as he stares at the inferior cotton crop on his 20 bighas of land hit by unseasonal rain a few months ago.

Dhiru Vara, a 45-year-old farmer from Savarkundla, is clear which way he would vote in the coming assembly elections. In Amreli and Bhavnagar - located in the politically important Saurashtra region -- farmers like him, most of them Patidars, are visibly upset with the government. And the face of Patidar agitation, 24-year-old Hardik Patel, has rai...

A human rights activist has complained to the Election Commission about a video circulating on social media platforms that is seen as an attempt to polarize the political campaign in Gujarat ahead of next month's elections.

A day after the BJP announced its first list of 70 candidates for next month's Gujarat assembly elections, the party found itself facing protests from supporters of a senior leader while a sitting legislator from Saurashtra resigned with a scathing break-up message.

A cautious BJP has announced its first list of candidates for 70 assembly constituencies in Gujarat, internally categorised as the A seats, or those which the party is absolutely sure of winning. It includes 58 candidates for the first phase of elections on December 9, when voting will be held in 89 seats.

Banned from using the word "Pappu", the ruling BJP in Gujarat has turned to its other go-to nickname in an ad campaign targeting Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The party has already snagged the Election Commission's clearance for its new ad featuring "Yuvaraj" or "prince".

Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old who has vowed to help defeat the BJP in next month's election in Gujarat, says that a sex CD broadcast on Monday on Gujarati channels which say it features him is not authentic and is evidence of the BJP's "dirty politics."

Hardik Patel, 24, did not turn up after all for a midnight meeting with top Congress leaders on Wednesday night, called to discuss a political understanding for the December assembly elections in Gujarat. He sent a 13-member team of his Patidar Anamat Andalona Samiti (PAAS), who said more meetings would be held with the Congress and Mr Patel would ...

A video that shows a group of bikers chasing lions in Gujarat's Gir sanctuary has gone viral. The four men, three of whom, the police say, have been arrested, are seen chasing lions, lionesses and cubs. The license plate for one of the bikes can be seen. The lions run frantically to escape the interlopers.

With the high stake Gujarat assembly election just a month away, BJP chief Amit Shah today launched an intense six-day campaign in which top leaders of the party are knocking on door of voters' and asking them to vote for the BJP.

Hardik Patel, 24, will meet top leaders of the Congress tonight to suss out if they can remain a political team for this December's election in Gujarat.

After memes and slogans, the Congress and BJP are now waging a video war on social media as the Gujarat campaign for elections next month gets more intense. Activist Hardik Patel's team is also targeting the ruling BJP with an aggressive video campaign aimed at harnessing the support of Gujarat's younger voters. 65 per cent of the state's voters ar...

DG Vanzara, who spent nine years in prison after being accused of extra-judicial killings as a top cop in Gujarat, says that he's negotiating to join the BJP ahead of December's election. "There were brief meetings, but so far, nothing has materialized as far as joining the party is concerned. There is no truth in reports that I have sought a ticke...