GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2012

Gangs and musclemen could play a dominant role in elections in some assembly constituencies of Bhavnagar, Porbandar, the birthplace of apostle of non-violence Mahatma Gandhi, and Rajkot districts of Saurashtra region of Gujarat.

After addressing a rally at Rajkot in October, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will again hit the campaign trail in Gujarat on Friday, Aurangzeb Naqshbandi reports.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be on a one-day tour of Gujarat on Friday, during which she is expected to take on the development plank chief minister Narendra Modi is using to win elections this time.
Modi targets Congress, calls it a 'burden' 

There are a total of 1,666 candidates in the fray for 182 assembly constituencies in the Gujarat assembly elections for which voting will be held on December 13 and 17. HT reports.

Taking umbrage at Navjot Singh Sidhu's remark in which he termed him as an "anti-national leader", Gujarat Parivartan Party president Keshubhai Patel on Saturday appealed to the Election Commission to take suo motu action against the BJP MP and his party.

A Congress MLA Lalsinh Vadodia, representing Umreth assembly segment in central Gujarat, has switched over to the saffron party after the Congress gave away his seat to the NCP as part of their seat-sharing pact.

The Lok Janshakti Party will contest the upcoming Gujarat assembly polls from all the 182 constituencies in the state, party president Ram Vilas Paswan said in Ahmedabad today.

Keshubhai Patel-led Gujarat Parivartan Party would organise a huge convention here tomorrow at race course ground as a part of its election campaign.

Let us keep our nation away from the menace of corruption and price rise, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said while conveying Diwali greetings to people today.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today asked the Congress to apologise for the party's Gujarat chief Arjun Modhwadia comparing chief minister Narendra Modi to a monkey.

In a bid to increase participation of disabled voters in Gujarat Assembly polls next month, the Election Commission has introduced Braille numbers and ballot papers besides setting up ramps at polling booths for their convenience.

For the first time in the campaign for the December assembly elections, Gujarat Congress leaders today targeted chief minister Narendra Modi over his personal life, asking him to clarify his marital status.