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URL copied Gandhinagar local body polls postponed amid rising covid-19 cases Just a day after the letters by the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and the BJP Gujarat Chief CR Paatil, asking for the elections for the Gandhinagar local body to be stayed, the state election commissioner Sanjay Prasad decided to hold off the scheduled Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections slated for April 18. Considering the representations by various parties, organisations and looking at the present situation of Corona havoc, the SEC considers it inappropriate to hold the elections. A lot of people from the political parties and also the government will be exposed to the virus if the elections are carried out. The SEC doesn t see it fit to undermine the health of so many people during the long process of the elections, Sanjay Prasad observed in his order on Saturday. ....
AAP begins membership drive to take on BJP in 2022 Gujarat polls SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 08, 2021, 07:09 PM IST Share Synopsis We are launching a mobile number, 72800-38003, for people to give a missed call and become AAP members. We will contest the 2022 election with full strength and will not let the BJP win this time, he added. Agencies The 2022 Assembly election will be a direct contest between the BJP and AAP, Sorathiya said. Upbeat after performing well in the recent local bodies polls in Gujarat, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday launched a drive to increase its membership to 50 lakh in 50 days as part of preparations for the 2022 Assembly polls. Under its Mission 2022 plan, the party will open 55,000 booth-level committees over the next six months and take efforts to strengthen its district set up, state unit chief Gopal Italiya said at a press conference here. ....
Early Gujarat polls likely if BJP wins in West Bengal, says minister SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 07, 2021, 07:12 PM IST Share Synopsis Talking to reporters in Umargam in south Gujarat s Valsad district, state Forest and Tribal Affairs Minister Raman Patkar said the environment is conducive for early polls in Gujarat at a time when the BJP is winning everywhere. Getty Images A Gujarat minister on Sunday claimed Assembly polls in the state could be brought forward from late 2022 if the BJP wins in West Bengal. Elections in the eastern state will be held in eight phases from March 27, while counting of votes will take place on May 2. ....
Counting For Gujarat Polls Began; BJP Takes Strong Early Lead Elections were held for the 8,235 seats, out of which the BJP fielded 8,161 candidates, Congress 7,778, Aam Aadmi Party 2,090, among others File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-02T08:46:56+05:30 Counting For Gujarat Polls Began; BJP Takes Strong Early Lead outlookindia.com 2021-03-02T14:01:05+05:30 Also read Counting of votes for local body elections in 27 districts of Gujarat began on Tuesday, where BJP took early lead in most of the municipalities, district and taluka panchayats. The saffron party is eyeing to continue its winning streak ahead of Assembly elections due early next year. ....
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], March 2 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday congratulated his party workers for their performance in the state's recent local body polls and said that the people of the state have wiped out the Congress party. ....