Author Archives: Mehboob Shaikh

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the BJP-led government at the Centre what it was celebrating after three years in power, as all it had to show for this time were “broken promises” and “non- performance”. Pointing to farmer ...

In an apparent reference to the ruling BJP at the Centre as well as in Gujarat, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel today asked the party cadres to use social media as a weapon to fight “Goebbels Propaganda.” The term ‘Goebbels ...

Senior Congress leaders on Sunday laid emphasis on the use of social media in the run-up to the Assembly elections later this year. During the party’s Navsarjan Cyber Meet here, GPCC president Bharatsinh Solanki said Congress’s IT Cell of will ...

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel today said that Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre refused funds for Sauni irrigation project in Gujarat. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani however said the state wasn’t dependent on the Central funds for this project. Patel ...

Senior Gujarat Congress leader Ahmed Patel asked party workers to defeat the BJP so that justice can be delivered to the country. Speaking at the state executive meeting held at AMC Auditorium in Bodakdev on Wednesday, Patel cleared that Shankersinh ...

Ashok Gehlot, the former chief minister of Rajasthan and recently appointed in-charge of Gujarat Congress, made it clear on Wednesday that the party will go to the polls without naming a chief ministerial candidate. In his first extended state executive ...

Some BJP leaders will join Congress in next fortnight: Bharatsinh Solanki http://deshgujarat.com/2017/05/17/some-bjp-leaders-will-join-congress-in-next-fortnight-bharatsinh-solanki/

An “extended party executive” meeting of the Gujarat Congress here on Wednesday decided to leave aside the contentious issue of who will be the chief ministerial face and focus on putting up a united fight to win the State Assembly ...