In a CCTC footage, accessed by India TV, Patel along with three others can be seen roaming in the corridor of the hotel and later entering a room of the hotel last night at 11:53pm.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi began his three-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat on Monday as the grand old party prepares to take on the BJP which has ruled the state for 22 years.

Rahul Gandhi's comments come on a day the Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been rocked by allegations of bribery to lure Patidar leaders.

Rahul Gandhi will take part in `Navsarjan Gujarat Janadesh' rally organised by the party in Gandhinagar where OBC leader Alpesh Thakor will join the Congress.

Shashi Tharoor said the narrative had 'changed very, very clearly' in the past few months and people were now openly expressing doubts and misgivings about the performance of BJP govt.

The move by the state government has met with large-scale criticism, with politicians and rights bodies terming it as unconstitutional and a move to shield the corrupt.

A war of words on Saturday broke out between the BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter resurgence after news agency ANI suggested ‘bots’ or web robots that can produce automated mass retweets were behind it.

Alpesh Thakor, the convenor of the Gujarat OBC Ekta Manch and leader of the local Thakor Sena, met with Congress VP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday.

Smriti Irani said that the Congress leader’s account shows his tweets are retweeted by fake accounts from other countries.

In a tweet this afternoon, Rahul chided Prime Minister Narendra Modi over ‘interference’ and asked him not to ‘demon-etise Tamil pride’ by such intervention.

Parameshwara today said Rahul Gandhi has advised state party leaders against making personal comments on opposition BJP leaders.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was briefed by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi condemned the killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosai in Ludhiana.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections is a fight between ‘development and dynasty’, adding that development politics will triumph over family rule.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his home state today, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, in a "weather report", said that rhetoric will rain down on Gujarat.

The ruling BJP exuded confidence of continuing its winning spree in the state by securing more than 150 seats but the Congress dismissed it as mere "over confidence".

BJP chief Amit Shah hit out at Rahul Gandhi, saying he does not know the difference between turnover and profit.

Amit Shah today said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was the "world's largest tax system" that is being implemented by the Narendra Modi government.

Replying to questions from Rajat Sharma at the India TV conclave "Chunav manch" here, Amit Shah alleged that "the Congress insulted Sardar Patel during his lifetime, prevented him from becoming Prime Minister."

Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani today said that the Congress vice-president is a ‘pravasi panchhi’, and that even the God has rejected him.