Anand, April 6 (IANS) Congress candidate Bhrugurajsinh Chauhan on Monday filed his nomination for the Umreth Assembly by-election in the presence of senior party leader Bharatsinh Solanki, marking the party’s formal entry into the contest for the Anand district seat. Chauhan, who was recently announced as the party’s nominee, submitted his papers as the campaign for the April 23 bypoll gathers pace.He is an experienced organisational figure within the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee and h…
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New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will visit Vadodara on Monday to attend a tribal rights gathering, as the Congress intensifies preparations for upcoming local body elections in Gujarat.He is scheduled to participate in the ‘Adivasi Samvidhan Adhikar Sammelan’, to be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., where members of tribal communities from across central and eastern Gujarat are expected to attend.Rajendrakumar Parghi, chairperson of the Adivasi Congress …
Vadodara, March 20 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will visit Vadodara on March 23 to attend a tribal rights gathering, as the Congress intensifies preparations for upcoming local body elections in Gujarat, party leaders confirmed on Friday. He is scheduled to participate in the ‘Adivasi Samvidhan Adhikar Sammelan’, to be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., where members of tribal communities from across central and eastern Gujarat are expected to attend.Rajendrakumar Parghi,…
Gandhinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) The Congress on Monday held a ‘Jan Akrosh Sabha’ in Gandhinagar against the Centre’s proposal to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, coinciding with the opening of the Gujarat Assembly’s budget session. Organised by the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, the rally was attended by senior leaders, MLAs, MPs, and party workers, along …
Ahmedabad, Feb 13 (IANS) The Gujarat Congress has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of collusion. The State Congress, on Thursday, described the alleged actions as a “well-planned conspiracy” aimed at depriving lakhs of genuine voters of their voting rights.The party cited what it termed large-scale discrepancies in the number of Form-7 objections submitted and processed.Addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee President Am…
Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The Gujarat Congress will organise a ‘Jan Aakrosh Sabha’ in Gandhinagar on February 16, coinciding with the commencement of the state’s Budget Session, to raise what it described as the growing grievances of various sections of society.Speaking on the programme, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Chavda said the public meeting would be held at 1 pm to highlight the concerns of youth, farmers, women, tribals, Dalits, the Bakshipanch community, workers…
Ahmedabad, Feb 7 (IANS) Gujarat Congress on Saturday triggered a political row in Gujarat by objecting to the proposed staging of the play “I Am Nathuram Godse” at Hemu Gadhvi Hall in Rajkot. The party alleged that the production seeks to legitimise or glorify the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi and demanded an explanation from the authorities over the grant of permission.Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Parthivrajsinh Kathwadia said the party would oppose the performance, asserting…
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, sharply escalated the political row over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the electoral roll exercise was being misused as a tool for “planned and strategic vote theft” in Gujarat and other states. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the same pattern had emerged wherever the SIR was implemented. “Wherever there is SIR, there is vo…
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Jan 24 (IANS) The Congress announced new appointments to two key departments of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee as part of organisational restructuring. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge approved the appointments with immediate effect. Mahesh Rajput is now Chairperson of the OBC Department. Rajendrakumar Parghi is Chairperson of the Adivasi Congress in Gujarat.Rajput has been with the Congress organisation for several decades. He currently serves as Working Presid…