Gujarat Elections 2017 News

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Elections over, but Patidars still a defining factor in Gujarat politics

With Hardik Patel supporting Congress, the party has for the first time decided to name a Patidar, Paresh Dhanani, as leader of opposition in the Gujarat assembly

3 min read8 Jan 2018
Politics

Vijay Rupani swearing-in as Gujarat chief minister today

Vijay Rupani's swearing-in as Gujarat chief minister is expected to be attended by PM Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and chief ministers of 18 BJP states

1 min read26 Dec 2017
Mint-lounge

What intellectuals who are often wrong teach us about hope

Is hope the wrong reason we do the right things? Is it possible to liberate our reasoning from hope?

4 min read23 Dec 2017
Politics

Vijay Rupani re-elected Gujarat CM, Nitin Patel to be his deputy

Though BJP retained power after Gujarat elections, there was speculation about Rupani's continuance due to the party's narrow victory over Congress

3 min read22 Dec 2017
Opinion

Gujarat election results: Too early to call it a Congress comeback

Despite all the positive signs in Gujarat, the party's primary battle, still, is to remain relevant in national politics

4 min read20 Dec 2017
Politics

Gujarat election results: Countdown for BJP has started, says Congress’s Ashok Gehlot

The BJP is saying it contested Gujarat elections on the issue of development, but there was no talk of development in their campaign, says Congress leader Ashok Gehlot

3 min read21 Dec 2017
Industry

Poll setback in Gujarat’s cotton belt worries Maharashtra BJP

In Gujarat elections, BJP won 23 seats in cotton cultivation areas, while the Congress took 30

4 min read20 Dec 2017
Opinion

Decoding the Gujarat election campaign

What will be remembered as the striking feature of the Gujarat election campaign is not the BJP's narrow victory, but how close it came to losing the state in spite of so many advantages

4 min read19 Dec 2017
Politics

Is the EVM controversy over in Gujarat?

There was no mismatch in the random vote count on EVMs and VVPAT slips carried out by the EC across 182 polling stations in Gujarat, says official

2 min read19 Dec 2017
Opinion

What the subterranean shift in Gujarat means for the BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will now face a strong and assertive opposition in Gujarat legislature

4 min read19 Dec 2017
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