GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2012

The turnout in the final phase of the Gujarat polls topped the figure of the first phase, with 71.85% voters exercising their franchise. The voting for 95 seats was held on Monday.

Sitting in his cluttered office at the St Francis Xavier Church in Anand, Father Albert Delgado, the parish priest, revels in the fact that 24 hours before polling day, Adivasis are giving both the Congress and the BJP a run for their money - literally. Sujata Anandan reports.

In the riot-hit Naroda Patiya locality and Gulbarg (Housing) Society, which go to polls on Monday, few are planning to step out and cast their votes. Few voted even in 2002 and 2007. Harinder Baweja reports.

Not Hindutva, not development, it’s Pakistan that’s front and centre of the Gujarat assembly elections these days. HT reports.

In the most digital Indian political campaign to date, both the BJP and the Congress are beating the end-of-campaign rule by turning to voters on social media.

Cricketer Irfan Pathan on Wednesday shared the stage with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the campaign rally of BJP, the party which is trying to appease minority community voters in the state.

Bharat Vasavda is a house-keeping supervisor in a modest Rajkot hotel. Part of his job is to see that not more than two buckets of water are used to clean each room.

BJP today hit back at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that Congress will be in a minority in Gujarat after the Assembly elections.

Accusing the Congress-led UPA government at Centre and Narendra Modi government in Gujarat of coming to power on the "financial muscle power" of corporates, BSP chief Mayawati today attributed the surge in corruption to "anti-poor and anti-Dalit" policies.

With only three days of campaigning left for the first round of voting on December 13, the Congress’s low key-vote consolidation election strategy has left the ruling BJP fearing a low turnout of voters on polling day — leading to a tighter electoral contest, reports Shishir Gupta.

Tearing into Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s claim of inclusive development in the state, Ajay Maken, housing and urban poverty alleviation minister accused him of misleading people with false promises. HT reports.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will campaign tomorrow for the assembly polls in Gujarat.