The Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Wednesday, seized 143 kg of drugs worth Rs 478 crores in Vadodra, as a part of tight expenditure vigil in Gujarat Assembly Elections, Election Commission of India (ECI) informed in a statement.
The ruling BJP is exuding confidence in retaining the 27-year-long rule in the state, while the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party are looking to cash in the 'anti-incumbency' and issues like inflation and unemployment to get to power.
Ahead of Gujarat polls, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar expects record voting in Gujarat Assembly Election. The first phase of voting in Gujarat is going to happen tomorrow on 89 assembly seats for which 2.39 crore voters will cast their votes.
Congress leader Rajeev Shukla, who was a part of the delegation, said that the opinion polls try to predict the results of the elections in a biased way.
Amid the speculations of differences in the Jadeja family ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, BJP candidate Rivaba Jadeja on Wednesday cleared the air and said that it is only a matter of ideology in the family.
Rajkot West, a seat which the BJP has not lost even once since 1985 and is considered a bastion of the party, has witnessed a change of candidate from the ruling party.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday slammed Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during one of his public meetings for Gujarat assembly elections.
From power-packed rallies and roadshows by top leaders of the ruling BJP and other political parties to freebies promises and allegations and counter-allegations on each other, the high-octane campaigning for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections ended on Tuesday.
Taking a jibe at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Yogi said that the "namoona" from Delhi, would use his 'jhaadu' (party symbol) to 'sweep away' everything the country has.
Gujarat's former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader on Tuesday forecasted the party's win in State Assembly elections by saying that BJP will form the government with more than two-thirds majority.