The announcement comes hours after the Congress party released its third list of 76 candidates for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly election.
Congress general secretary Oscar Fernandes released the third list to the media late last night. The list featured at least 11 candidates from ST and three from SC communities.
BJP workers and supporters are all geared up to welcome their top leader, who is making his third visit to Kutch after assuming the highest office.
As the Congress had declared earlier that it will be rewarding its loyal MLAs by letting them contest, most of the sitting members were renominated.
BJP president Shah listened to the programme at a tea stall in the city's Muslim-dominated Dariyapur area in the presence of hundreds of locals and party workers.
The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to the archbishop of Gandhinagar for asking Christians to pray to save the country from “nationalist forces” in the run-up to the Gujarat Assembly polls.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan for releasing 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed from house arrest.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani targeted the opposition, saying it has no poll agenda or issues to raise against his government, while the BJP is seeking votes in the name of development.
Without taking any names, Arun Jaitley said the Congress leadership is falling prey to the anarchist forces.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi also raked up the issue involving the company of Jay Shah, the son of BJP president Amit Shah, saying that everybody wishes that their wealth increases 16,000 times like that of Jay Shah.
PM Narendra Modi is slated to share his thoughts with the people of the country and abroad in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio at 11 am today.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that demonetisation was a "magical" scheme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that turned all the black money into white.
Anandiben said that there was no reason for her to be unhappy with the party. She alleged that rumours are being deliberately spread against her and her party.
Ranjana Avasthi, a PhD holder, was among the lecturers, professors and schoolteachers invited to attend a session with Gandhi, who is on a two-day campaign tour of Gujarat ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls next month.
Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s radio program ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Rahul said that while the PM speaks his own mind, he does not listen to yours.
Gandhi interacted with fishermen, doctors, teachers and villagers on his route covering Porbandar, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mahisagar and Dahod district during his two-day visit.
Addressing a public meeting, Indian Youth Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja said that the ‘Ranga Billa won’t be able to able to form government in Gujarat this time’.
A laeter, dated November 21, carries the signature of Archbishop of Gandhinagar Thomas Macwan and it states that the Christians are aware that the secular and democratic fabric of our country is at stake.
Hardik Patel also exuded confidence that the people of Gujarat will vote against the BJP in the upcoming polls.
Rahul Gandhi, who is battling allegations of displaying soft Hindutva in Gujarat, had last week clarified that he is a devotee of Lord Shiva.
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