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He was sitting in the corner of the fourth row in the BJP headquarters at Kamalam when his name was announced as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Suddenly clamour broke out with people shouting Dada, Dada, Bhupendra Patel quietly got up and went up to the stage and gave less than a minute and a half […]
Gujarat on Saturday witnessed a major political upheaval with the resignation of incumbent Chief Minister Vijay Rupani ahead of the State’s Legislative Assembly elections due in 2022. Sworn in for his second stint in December 2017, with this resignation he made to the list of the Chief Ministers of Gujarat who could not or did […]
Ranchhodbhai Chanabhai Faldu is a Member of Legislative assembly from Kalavad constituency in Gujarat for its 12th legislative assembly and Jamnagar South in 14th assembly. He is a cabinet minister of Agricultural, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Transport field of Gujarat in 2017. He is from the Leuva Patel community.
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Joshi have been appointed as central observers for the election of the new Chief Minister of Gujarat. Both the leaders are soon landing in Ahmedabad. A post-lunch meeting with all the 112 BJP legislators of Gujarat has been scheduled with these leaders but Vibes of India can vouch […]
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the Rs 200 crore Sardardham Complex built by the Patidars on Saturday, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was sent packing, sparking off speculations that the BJP will have to return to a Patel to head the government. The top contenders being discussed as Rupani’s replacements are all […]
In a much anticipated but sudden move Vijay Rupani resigned on September 11. He resigned just hours before he attended the (virtual) function with Modi, ironically the function was a Patidar event. Janvi Sonaiya spoke to Deepal Trivedi to find out about the latest on Gujarat Politics. Excerpts below: Why do you think Rupani resigned? […]
Dhaval Patel, an Ahmedabad-based journalist, was booked under the draconian sedition law on May 11, 2020, for writing a story indicating that Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani may resign over pandemic mismanagement. After spending 15 days in jail and being part of legal proceedings that went on till December last year, the court finally dropped the […]
This is a developing story (Photo: The last picture of Vijaybhai Rupani as Chief Minister of Gujarat) Less than one hour after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Sardardham, a 200 crore Patidar project in Ahmedabad to facilitate over 1600 Patel youth to pursue their ambitions, PM Modi decided that time was ripe to replace […]
There has been a major political earthquake in politics in the state. CM Vijay Rupani has resigned from the post of Chief Minister. He has informed about this by holding a press conference. He said he was happy to resign. He thanked PM Modi and said that he would fulfill the responsibility assigned to him […]
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to virtually inaugurate the Rs 200 crore ‘Sardardham’ building in Ahmedabad on Saturday, being projected as a one-stop business, social and educational hub for the Patidar community, the social media has erupted in protest. Several Patidar youth organisations and individuals have strongly objected to the BJP presiding over their community’s huge event when its […]
The current import duty on gold and silver is 10% plus 3% GST. A consumer pays a total of 13% tax on the gold they purchase.
The BK School of Management, once considered to be one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Gujarat, has not been ranked in the NIRF this year. Earlier, private institutions and magazines used to rank higher education institutions, but since last six years, the government has started ranking them. In the early years, participation was […]
Masuma Bharmal Jariwala, Rajkot The loud, overbearing Gujarat Fair Price Shops Association’s President and brother of PM Modi, Prahlad Modi, has yet again, in his clamorous style made another allegation on the Government. Modi, during his visit to Rajkot on Thursday, labelled the government as “Chor” while representing issues faced by the ration shops. He met Rajkot District Collector […]
Vigilant Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officers on the morning of September 7 stopped a covid-positive child from catching a flight from Ahmedabad airport to London. Corporation officials did not sought police assistance for this and have avoided filing a police complaint. Fortunately, the child and the mother were intercepted before the plane took off, as once […]
Counting Covid bodies, scaring away locusts, gathering crowds for political events of the ruling BJP, counting toilets, distributing foodgrains. There are no different State agencies in Gujarat doing this — it is the teachers. Yes, teachers in Gujarat are roped in to do this. And wait, this is not all. Hold your breath — there […]
A few days back, Deputy CM Nitin Patel had spoken to Sufis about the ban on alcohol in Gujarat and told media that alcohol will be banned in Gujarat and bootleggers would not be spared. This video proves how the police themselves encourage bootleggers to sell alcohol. A video of a bootlegger from Vadodara has […]
Designer Rajdeep Ranawat exhibits his “Pichwai” adorned designs at the Deval’s Multi designer store, in Ahmedabad. His new collection is based on the store’s owner Deval Patel’s collection of Pichwai paintings. The collection was supposed to make its debut last year but was postponed due to the pandemic. The team did an elaborate photo shoot […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani signing an MoU with Amazon India on Tuesday to boost MSME exports has sparked off countrywide protests with the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) equating it with embracing the East India Company. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is about hand-holding and onboarding MSMEs in Gujarat on the Amazon […]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the State Government to reply to a petition filed by a woman and her husband seeking to quash an FIR under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 [‘Anti Love Jihad’ law] allegedly registered by a wife against her husband. Divyaben came before the Court and admitted […]
