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During ‘silence period’ in Gujarat, RSS outfit installs saffron hoardings urging people to vote

Hours after the first phase of the Gujarat assembly election concluded on December 1, hundreds of hoardings sprang up in Ahmedabad and other parts of the state. This was after the state saw a voter turnout of 63.14 percent in phase one.

Newslaundry

Prestige battles today in bypolls to MSY bastion, 6 assembly seats

LUCKNOW/PATNA/BHUBANESWAR: Away from the big-ticket Gujarat elections, one-off prestige battles and popularity tests will be held Monday in bypolls to one Lok Sabha constituency and six assembly seats spread across UP, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

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Prestige battles today in bypolls to Mulayam Singh Yadav bastion, 6 assembly seats

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Congress To Raise Issues Of Unemployment, Price Rise In Winter Session

The Winter Session will begin on December 7 and will last until December 29. The session also had to be delayed by a month due to the Gujarat election schedule.Read on for details:

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Jignesh Mevani: ‘Bilkis Bano is close to my heart’

Former independent MLA and now Congress candidate from Vadagam Jignesh Mevani speaks with Manisha Pande of Newslaundry while campaigning for the second phase of Gujarat election, which is scheduled for December 5. Jignesh talks about the conflict he sees between electoral politics and activism, the reason he speaks at election…

Newslaundry

Police complaint filed against Paresh Rawal for 'anti-Bengali' remark

State secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, Md Salim, has filed a complaint against actor Paresh Rawal here on Friday for the latter's viral comments about Bengalis while campaigning for the BJP in Gujarat.

The Times of India

Morning Show: What do MSU students think of the ‘Gujarat model’ of education?

In this episode of Morning Show from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, we talk to students about key issues this election. While those who support the BJP speak of Ram Mandir and the need for a Hindu party, many feel it is not the main issue. Paper leak problems loom…

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Daily Dose Ep 1214: Gujarat polling, e-rupee launch, China lifts curbs

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, and China.

Newslaundry

Gujarat Sees Over 59 pc Voter Turnout Till 5 pm In First Phase Polls

Gujarat saw over 59 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm on Thursday in the first phase of assembly polls.Read more on dynamite news:

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Journalism can be so much more than stenography. Ravish Kumar taught us that

This column cannot begin without mentioning the importance to Indian journalism of Ravish Kumar, who resigned from NDTV yesterday after almost 27 years there. His video statement after resigning is not just moving but also an exemplary lesson for us on what journalism is meant to be – but increasingly…

Newslaundry

Why Sonia Gandhi has stopped addressing election rallies

NEW DELHI: The first phase of voting for Gujarat assembly election took place on Thursday without Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi campaigning even for a single day. She is unlikely to canvass in favour of her party candidates in the remaining three days of campaigning before the state…

The Times of India

‘Our village lives in darkness’: In Bebar village, the Gujarat model is a distant dream

Ten km from Bebar village in Narmada district, we were forced to get out of our vehicle. The road was potholed and scarred, impossible to navigate. A farmer on a motorbike slowed down and offered us a lift.

Newslaundry

In Surat, will traditional BJP voters rally behind AAP this time?

In Surat, where the BJP won 15 of the 16 assembly seats in 2017 elections, finishing at its lowest number in Gujarat in decades, the party is now facing the AAP as its principal challenger this time.

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India PM Modi’s home state Gujarat votes in key regional election

Opinion polls projected BJP to comfortably retain power in the state despite criticism of inflation and unemployment.

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India PM Modi's home state Gujarat votes in key local polls

Voters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat are casting ballots in crucial local elections

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Gujarat Polls: JP Nadda, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi Urge People To Vote In Large Numbers

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also appealed to voters to vote in large numbers and contribute to strengthening democracy. Read on for details :

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Gujarat Election: 100 Year Old Casts Her Vote In Umargam

100-year-old Kamuben Lalabhai Patel on Thursday exercised her franchise in Umargam in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. Read on for details:

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Voting Begins For 1st Phase Of Gujarat Assembly Polls; 89 Seats Up For Grabs, 788 Candidates In Fray

Polling began at 8 am on Thursday for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats across 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch region and southern parts of the state to decide the fate of 788 candidates. Read on for details:

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Modi's home state Gujarat votes, seen as easy mid-term test for India's leader

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat began voting on Thursday with his Hindu nationalist party expected to win a seventh straight term, but any unexpected slip could herald a tighter contest in national polls due by 2024.

Newslaundry

Gujarat election: AAP’s CM candidate on freebies, soft Hindutva and BJP’s 'media management'

In his campaign speeches, Isudan Gadhvi, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate, emphasises a pair of words that encapsulate the party’s core pitch for the impending Gujarat assembly election. The words? “Zero” and “free”. In the main, they refer to the party’s promise to provide 300 units of free electricity…

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Gujarat election: Darshita Shah explains why BJP fielded her on former CM Vijay Rupani’s seat

Gujarat’s Rajkot West is a BJP stronghold, and that is underselling it. The constituency has never had a legislator from another party. It’s where Narendra Modi won his first assembly election in 2002.

Newslaundry

Another Election Show: Searching for ‘vikas’ in the villages around Statue of Unity

The Statue of Unity – a 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – is the centrepiece of the Modi government’s campaign in Gujarat. With almost 20 tourist attractions around it, the monument carries the promise of development and tourism. In a speech, PM Modi said the statue will usher in…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath slams Congress, terms it barrier to nation’s prosperity

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday mounted a searing offensive at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka, saying that had there been any “possibility” for the party (to perform in poll-bound Gujarat) then the brother-sister duo would have been seen offering prayers in temples just as they…

Newslaundry

Is stray cattle a poll issue in Gujarat? Here’s what Maldhari voters think

Ahead of the Gujarat election, the Maldharis, an influential cattle-rearing community, have been raising the issue of their livestock being impounded by municipal corporations.

Newslaundry

A km away from BJP office, Gujarat neighbourhood punctures govt’s open defecation free claims

In 2017, then Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani declared the state open-defecation free. Two years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the same claim about the whole country.

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