Gujarat2012 News - Page 6

'Marketeer' Modi selling false picture of Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi
"He (Modi) wants to hear only his own voice. He has his dream and he thinks only about his own dream. A true leader makes people's dream his own dream," Rahul said addressing a rally in Gujarat.

Gujarat polls: Vaghela calls self Congress captain
Vaghela had little more to offer to the electorate than criticising Modi's communal politics and corrupt administration during his campaign.

PM has not been able to rise above votebank politics: Modi
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp attack on Congress alleging its "votebank politics has destroyed" the country and the party had no agenda for the assembly elections.

Gujarat live: Why Modi's inevitable win should not shock seculars
From Manmohan Singh to Sonia Gandhi to Narendra Modi, no political stone is being left unturned in an increasingly bitter battle for the Gujarat state assembly, which goes to polls on 13 and 17 December. This is a live blog of who is saying what.

Why the secular can stop being shocked by the 'Modi miracle'
Conscience vote is a myth. Just like the superman projection of Modi, or secularism itself. But the political opposition is to blame for missing its opportunities in Gujarat.

BJP has created 'crony capitalists' in Guj: Manish Tewari
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today alleged that the state BJP government has created "crony capitalists," not the 'new middle class' as it has been claimed.

How the PM allowed Modi to play victim and aggressor
On the last day of campaigning before the elections, the Gujarat Chief Minister received ample opportunity to take on the senior Congress leadership.

PMO calls Gujarat performing, PM denies it, says BJP
The BJP said that the prime minister is unwilling to admit what his office thinks about Gujarat.

Gujarat polls: Modi takes on PM over minority card
On Sunday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "Minorities in Gujarat feel that they are unsafe in the state."

Gujarat polls: 19% candidates in phase-2 have criminal cases
Of the 78 candidates with declared criminal cases, 40 are with serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, rape etc.

As Gujarat poll looms, BJP, Cong campaign in full swing
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be addressing two poll rallies today - in Siddhpur town of Patan district and near Dakor in Kheda district. Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address rallies at 53 places simultaneously using 3-D holographic projection technology.

Sanjiv or Shweta Bhatt: Who's really fighting Modi?
While Shweta Bhatt may be the one working the campaign trail, its her husband who is leading the war of words against Narendra Modi.

Why Modi's win in Gujarat will be a double-edged sword for BJP
Still vilified by many non-Hindus, having Modi as its prime ministerial candidate could throttle the BJP's efforts to recapture lost ground in northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which have substantial Muslim populations.

Policies of Centre, Gujarat govt helping corporates: Mayawati
The BSP chief also accused the Modi government of "neglecting" Dalits and backward classes and framing them in false cases.

Some state govt officials feel unsafe in Gujarat: PM
Though the prime minister did not name anyone, he was apparently referring to suspended police officer Sanjiv Bhatt.

Defeat politicians indulging in divisive politics: PM
The prime minister said the public health sector was not in a good state in Gujarat and new employment opportunities for the youth were also not being generated.

What should the Congress Party do in Gujarat?
Narhari Amin says he had a conversation with Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and was asked two things: Why wasn't Gujarat voting for the Congress any longer and what could the party do to bring voters back.

Gujarat polls: 32 percent candidates crorepatis, says report
A total of 301 candidates, out of the 9400, whose affidavits were analysed, are crorepaties, it said.

Modi's development promises hollow, false: Sonia
The Congress president alleged because of the policies of BJP government, the hardships of the common man have increased.

Gujarat polls: Under Modi, ministers, MLAs rake in the moolah
Congress MP from Surat's Bardoli constituency Tushar Chaudhary alleged that the BJP members in the Gujarat Assembly were involved in corrupt practices.

Here I am: Modi emerges as a Hindutva icon in Gujarat
Modi's proximity with the religious leaders have made the Hindutva organisations like Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad irrelevant in Gujarat.

Gujarat 2012: Modi dares Sonia to name Cong CM candidate
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today dared Congress president Sonia Gandhi to announce her party's Gujarat chief ministerial candidate before visiting the poll-bound state.

Sonia to visit Gujarat today, Modi dares her to name CM candidate
Modi claimed Sonia has been tense for the last 10 days before her Gujarat trip because she found it difficult to prepare the final draft of her speech fearing that any error could come in for criticism.

Gujarat 2012: Modi slams Sonia and PM
On the eve of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's second round of campaigning for Gujarat assembly elections, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today accused her as also Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of conspiring against farmers.

Full-fleged polling booth inside Gir forest for one voter
The polling station figured on Gujarat's map for the first time in 2007 for logistical reasons, when one Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas, the sole voter from Banej, began exercising his franchise.

Modi dares Rahul to campaign in Gujarat, says UP shock still fresh
Even as the BJP flocked its top leaders to campaign in Gujarat, the Congress camp is reportedly offering a much subdued response.

Modi's double whammy: Parched Saurashtra and Leuva Patels
In Saurashtra, which has 58 Assembly seats, 115 dams are dry and incidents of farmer suicides are on the rise.

Gujarat poll: Narhari Amin joins BJP, says Modi will be PM
Gujarat senior Congress leader and former deputy chief minister Narhari Amin, who quit the party after being denied a ticket to contest the upcoming assembly polls, joined the BJP today.

Gujarat polls: Who will conquer city of lakes Vadodara?
Ketan Inamdar, former BJP member who left the party and is fighting the polls as an Independent candidate, expressed his grudge against Modi.

In Modi's hometown, he is the ultimate hero
Vadnagar in Gujarat is Modi's hometown - where there is a palpable excitement and support for the Gujarat CM and where dissenting voices will be hard to find.