1. Gujarat: Amit Shah to File Papers Today, BJP to Show off Strength
BJP workers in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar have planned a power-packed roadshow for party president Amit Shah. Shah will file his nomination for the Lok Sabha polls as a candidate from Gandhinagar constituency on Saturday, 30 March.
National leaders like Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal, Lok Jan Shakti Supremo Ram Vilas Paswan are going to remain present on the occasion. The party chief in Gujarat Jitu Vaghani shared the details on the roadshow.
Sharing details of the roadshow, Gujarat party chief Vaghani said, "Thousands of people from across Gandhinagar constituency and Ahmedabad city are going to remain present to complement our party chief."
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
2. What Next for Hardik Patel After HC Refuses to Stay Conviction ?
The verdict of Gujarat High Court (HC) is being seen as a major setback for Hardik Patel set to contest Lok Sabha elections from Jamnagar constituency of Saurashtra region.
As the verdict has put Hardik’s electoral fortune in the sphere of uncertainty, sources say that Hardik’s chances of getting relief against the HC order from the Supreme court are very dim.
After the Gujarat HC rejected his application to stay the conviction ordered by Visnagar court, Hardik may challenge the verdict before the Supreme Court. His close aides said that they were considering the legal option of approaching the top court, but no decision was taken yet.
If moved, Hardik’s petition before the apex court, most probably, may be heard by the SC at the earliest on Monday (1 April).
(Source: Indian Express)
3. BJP, Cong Yet to Name Candidates on Some LS Seats in Gujarat
The BJP and the Congress are still grappling with selection of candidates on some Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, where the process of filing of nomination papers is underway.
Gujarat has 26 Lok Sabha seats and the ruling party has declared 19 candidates so far, while the main opposition Congress has come with out with just 12 nominees.
Friday, 29 March, was the second day of filing of nomination papers by candidates in Gujarat and the process will continue till 4 April. The state will vote in a single phase on 23 April.
It seems both the parties are waiting for the other side to declare candidates on crucial seats when stakes are high in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.
(Source: PTI)
4. Congress Mulls Nominating Paresh Dhanani From Amreli Seat
Faced with too many claimants for Amreli Lok Sabha, the Congress is strongly considering fielding leader of opposition Paresh Dhanani as its candidate from the seat, party sources said.
The Congress has lost the Amreli Lok Sabha seat in every election since 1991 barring 2004, but many believe that the BJP is on a sticky wicket and that it is a sure-shot seat for Congress in the coming electoral battle.
They pointed out Congress candidates had won from five of the seven assembly segments that form the Amreli LS seat in the 2017 elections – all of them with comfortable margins - with the BJP winning the remaining two.
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
5. Jitu Vaghani Says Law Will Take Its Course Against His Son
Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani on Friday, 29 March wrote to the vice chancellor of Bhavnagar University, seeking action against his son Meet who was caught cheating in an examination the day before. Vaghani also said that he and his family had decided that his son should not take the exam.
Vaghani was addressing a press conference on Friday to give details on the PM Modi’s Town Hall programme and party chief Amit Shah's roadshow, when journalists quizzed him about allegations of cheating against his son.
Vaghani replied that all necessary action should be taken against his son. He said, "My son is not an exception and all the necessary actions, which apply to everyone, should be taken against him. There should not be any difference between my son and the child of any common man just because I am a leader of the ruling party."
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
6. Modi Government Knows How to Deliver on Promises: Gujarat CM
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday, 29 March said the upcoming Lok Sabha elections is a contest between a "decisive" Central government and an "indecisive past".He said India hardly witnessed any development under the Congress governments and alleged the grand old party was responsible for corruption the country.
Addressing a public rally here, Rupani said the Narendra Modi government has shown the courage to conduct surgical strikes in all spheres -- land, air and space.He later led a rally which concluded at the office of the district collector where BJP candidate Ranjanben Bhatt filed her nomination papers for the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat.
(Source: Times of India)
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