Narendra Modi invites Sonia Gandhi to GujaratApril 23rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi on Thursday invited Congress President Sonia Gandhi to Gujarat. "Sonia Gandhi is coming to Gujarat for campaigning.
Sonia, Rahul rallies in Gujarat cut down due to securityApril 20th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Congress has drastically cut down the number of public meetings for its top leaders in Gujarat this week due to security concerns, party officials said Monday. The national headquarters of the Congress in New Delhi last week turned down the Gujarat unit's plea for a series of public meetings for party president Sonia Gandhi, general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh across the state with more meetings in the cities and towns of the Saurahstra region in western Gujarat, the officials said.
VHP, Bajrang Dal not to campaign for BJP in GujaratApril 1st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will not campaign for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state, a senior leader said here Wednesday. 'The VHP as such does not officially announce its support for the BJP, being a 'non-political' body but had been supporting the party by providing its workers for the campaign work during the previous polls,' the leader told IANS on condition of anonymity.
Gujarat Congress CD shows ex-legislator distributing moneyMarch 20th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat unit of the Congress has come out with a CD showing its former legislator Bhavsinh Rathod distributing money to villagers in Patan district of the state. 'Rathod had been distributing money in Dhinaj village in Patan.
Congress demands removal of Gujarat ministerMarch 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of Congress MLAs from Gujarat met with President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi on Monday to demand immediate removal of Gujarat cabinet Minister for Higher Education Maya Kodnani. Kodnani, who is the Women and Child Welfare Minister in the Narendra Modi's Government, is accused for having led a mob in the post-Godhra riots in 2002.
NCP wants Congress to give it two Gujarat seatsMarch 17th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Gujarat has kept up its demand for contesting at least two Lok Sabha seats in the state, even as ally Congress has already announced its own candidates in 12 constituencies. The Congress is expected to make an announcement on candidates for the remaining 14 seats from Gujarat in the next two days.
Congress to set up internet kiosks across India to attract youthMarch 13th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Congress party is setting up hundreds of internet kiosks across the country, including 50 in Gujarat, to promote an online campaign to register youth members and inform them about the central government's initiatives, party sources said here Thursday. 'Our online campaign strategy is being worked out by a dedicated IT team.
Gujarat Congress using internet to attract youthMarch 12th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat Congress is launching an online campaign to register young members as a follow up to party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's whirlwind tour of the state's universities in February. 'The party is setting up 50 internet kiosks across the state to register youth members on the party's website that is under development.
BJP to take poll campaign in Gujarat on YouTube, blogsMarch 8th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat, known for leveraging IT tools in election campaigns, is planning to put up key excerpts of past speeches by prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani and Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the internet, including on YouTube and blogs.
Gujarat NCP demands seven Lok Sabha seats from CongressMarch 5th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) wants to field candidates from seven significant Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat even as negotiations are on with the Congress, which wants to fight on all the 26 seats in the state. The key Lok Sabha seats being demanded by Sharad Pawar's NCP are Rajkot, Dahod, Anand, Godhra, Bharuch, Ahmedabad (East) and Kutch.
MJP poll campaign to focus on Gujarat diamond workersMarch 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Mahagujarat Janata Party (MJP), formed by dissident Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, will focus on the problems of Gujarat's nearly two million diamond workers during its campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, for which it will pick candidates after the big parties have announced their nominees. 'We will wait for the BJP and Congress to announce their list of candidates for the 26 Lok Sabha seats and then decide which of our candidates should be fielded,' MJP president Govardhan Zadhapia told IANS.
BSP to contest all Lok Sabha seats from GujaratMarch 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to field candidates from all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, it said Tuesday. 'Gujarat is an important state for the BSP high command.
BSNL launches wireless broadband in GujaratFebruary 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), in association with US-based WiMax solutions provider SOMA networks, Thursday launched wireless broadband services in Gujarat. A BSNL statement said the wireless broadband initiative would spread the expansion of broadband connections in the country.
Vodafone crosses 7.5 mn subscriber mark in GujaratJanuary 18th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Vodafone Essar, one of India's leading cellular service providers, has crossed the 7.5 million subscriber mark in Gujarat, a senior official of the company said Monday. Vodafone with a coverage in more than 236 cities and towns and 15,120 villages has seen its subscriber base jumping from 2 million in January 2006 to 7.5 million in January 2009 in the state.
Gujarat Congress to highlight BJP's failures in Lok Sabha pollsJanuary 18th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Congress party in Gujarat, during its campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, will highlight the failures of the Narendra Modi-led government, a senior leader said. A core committee of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) comprising senior leaders met Sunday evening and formulated a plan to identify and publicise various failures of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), especially in the rural areas of the state.