Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday accused the BJP government of legitimising corruption in Gujarat and dubbed it a “dangerous sign” for democracy. Ahmedabad: Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday accused the BJP government of legitimising corruption in Gujarat and dubbed it a “dangerous sign” for democracy. With the Gujarat... The post appeared first on .

Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday accused the BJP government of legitimising corruption in Gujarat and dubbed it a “dangerous sign” for democracy. Ahmedabad: Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday accused the BJP government of legitimising corruption in Gujarat and dubbed it a “dangerous sign” for democracy. With the Gujarat... The post appeared first on .

Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday accused the BJP government of legitimising corruption in Gujarat and dubbed it a “dangerous sign” for democracy. Ahmedabad: Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday accused the BJP government of legitimising corruption in Gujarat and dubbed it a “dangerous sign” for democracy. With the Gujarat... The post appeared first on .

Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday, while reacting to Himanta Biswa Sarma's "Saddam Hussein" jibe at Rahul Gandhi, said that the Assam Chief Minister "sounds like a petty troll".

"You (BJP) legitimised corruption, and then you say that you want to implement this model in the entire country. The legitimisation of corruption is a dangerous sign for democracy," he said while urging people of the state to "break this arrogance" in the upcoming Assembly elections by dethroning BJP.

Ahmedabad Dec 23 PTI The exit of Vijay Rupani-led government and the BJP leadership passing on the baton to a new-look team headed by first-term MLA Bhupendra Patel dominated political developments in Gujarat during the year Rupanis exit was attributed by political observers to his apparent failure to handle the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic The change of guard in the coastal state in came a year ahead of the state Assembly elections Patel 59 sworn in as the 17th chief minister of Gujarat in September is a soft-spoken person who rose in state politics from the municipality level The exercise saw side-lining of senior state party leaders like Nitin Patel Bhupendrasinh Chudasama Kaushik Patel and Pradeepsinh Jadeja who were ministerial colleagues of Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the state chief minister The health care infrastructure was under strain amid oppositions claim that during the second wave of the pandemic the state government undercounted COVID-19 deaths as many people died at home due to a severe shortage of hospital beds and oxygen The governments detractors claimed that people had to wait for hours at crematoriums to perform last rites of their near and dear ones Allegations of underreporting of coronavirus-related deaths also surfaced at the end of the year when the state government admitted in the Supreme Court that it gave Rs 50000 compensation in almost twice the number of Covid deaths recorded officially Issues like redevelopment of Sabarmati Ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi stringent law against forcible religious conversion by marriage and curbs on sale of non-vegetarian food items from street food carts kept politicians and activists busy during the year Apart from COVID-19 cyclone Tauktae one of the fiercest to hit Gujarat coast in recent history ravaged the state in May killing 79 people and left a trail of destruction uprooting everything that came in its path as it made landfall near Diu Rupani who completed five years as chief minister in August was on September 11 asked to resign The next day Patel a surprise choice for many was elected the BJP legislature party leader Patel became the fifth politician from the Patidar community to occupy the top post since the states formation in1960 indicating the clout wielded by the influential social group The 2017 state Assembly elections were fought after the Patidar quota agitation Political observers said the poll results indicated Patidar communitys resentment against the BJP and the party does not want to take any chances in the next years elections The observers said a major for shunting out the entire council of ministers led by Rupani was poor handling of the coronavirus situation As the pandemic raged people felt helpless and their anger could have been reflected in the ensuing Assembly elections in a state where the BJP has been on a winning spree since 1995 they said In November BJP-ruled civic bodies of Rajkot Vadodara and Ahmedabad decided to take action against non-vegetarian street food carts The chief minister intervened saying the state government has no problem with people eating what they like Responding to a petition by the vendors the Gujarat High Court slammed the civic administration for acting against street vendors selling non-vegetarian food on the streets of Ahmedabad You dont like non-veg food it is your lookout How can you decide what people should eat outside How can you stop people from eating what they want the court said Another controversial issue was the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Amendment Act 2021 which penalises religious conversion by allurement fraud force or by marriage The Gujarat High Court stayed six amended provisions on interfaith marriages in the states anti-conversion law on August 19 The ruling BJP won the civic body polls as well as Assembly bypolls during the year It swept elections to six municipal corporations in Gujarat -- Ahmedabad Surat Vadodara Rajkot Jamnagar and Bhavnagarin February The party won a clear majority in all 31 district panchayats 196 out of 231 taluka panchayats and 74 out of 81 municipalities in the February elections The Aam Aadmi Party made inroads in Gujarat as it won 27 seats in the 120-member Surat Municipal Corporation Buoyed by the performance party leader Arvind Kejriwal announced that his party will contest all the 182 Assembly seats in next years state elections OBC leader Jagdish Thakor replaced Amit Chavda as the state Congress president while tribal leader Sukhram Rathwa replaced Paresh Dhanani as leader of opposition PTI PD VT VT VT

New Delhi Sep 17 PTI Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday took a swipe at the BJP saying the Vijay Rupani-led government in Gujarat was voted out of office by a no-confidence motion passed by the BJP High Command of One Claiming that the Rupani government would have been voted out of power by the people of Gujarat in 2022 he said the new dispensation led by Bhupendra Patel too will meet the same fate when it seeks peoples vote of confidence The Rupani-led BJP government in Gujarat was voted out of office by a no-confidence motion passed by the BJP High Command of One Thank god it was done before the people of Gujarat voted it out in December 2022 he said on Twitter When the new Bhupendra Patel-led government seeks a vote of confidence from the people it will be voted out too he also said The BJP on Thursday inducted 24 members including 21 who debuted as ministers into the four-day-old Bhupendra Patel-led ministry discarding all ministers in the previous Vijay Rupani-led regime in Prime Minister Narendra Modis home state of Gujarat The new ministry which came a year ahead of the Assembly polls does not have the post of deputy chief minister held by Nitin Patel in the Rupani-led ministry PTI SKC SMN SMN

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], September 12 (ANI): Chief Minister-elect of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel on Sunday expressed gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president JP Nadda and his predecessor Vijay Rupani for reposing faith in him, and said he would take the development journey of the state forward.

New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Vijay Rupani has been made a "scapegoat" and he became the victim of the BJP's "internal tussle," Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil said on Saturday.

New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Calling the BJP "Bhayankar Jhagra Party", Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday said the deep-seated infighting in all BJP-ruled states shows the failure of the party's top leadership.