Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) The Women Art and Craft Festival was inaugurated at the Gujarat Legislative Assembly premises on Monday under the ‘Har Ghar Swadeshi, Ghar Ghar Swadeshi’ campaign.Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary formally inaugurated the festival. Deputy Speaker Purnesh Modi and Minister for Women and Child Welfare Dr Manisha Vakil were present at the ceremony, along with Assembly Secretary Chetan Pandya, senior officials of the Women and Child Development Department, and citizen…
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Gandhinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) Surat West Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former Gujarat Minister Purnesh Modi was on Monday elected Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly on the opening day of the Budget session. Purnesh Modi’s candidature was proposed by veteran BJP leader Jitu Vaghani.The Congress fielded Shailesh Parmar for the post, with his name proposed by party MLA Dinesh Thakor.The motion backing Purnesh Modi was put to a voice vote in the Assembly House, where the BJP holds a majority…
Gandhinagar, Feb 13 (IANS) The Gujarat Legislative Assembly will hold an election for the deputy speaker post on February 16, with Purnesh Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shailesh Parmar of the Congress party submitting their nominations on Friday.The post became vacant following the resignation of former deputy speaker Jetha Ahir (Bharwad), citing preoccupation with other responsibilities.Purnesh Modi, Surat West MLA and former state minister, filed his nomination at the Assembly S…