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.
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.
A case has been registered under the Arms Act against a man named Joginder Singh alias Bunty, who is an AAP candidate for MCD polls from Ward-19, Swaroop Nagar, as he was seen in a viral video flaunting his revolver while dancing," Delhi Police said in a statement.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a grand roadshow on Tuesday in Godhra to support BJP candidate Chandra Singh Raul in the election-bound Gujarat. A massive gathering of people showed up for the roadshow.
On the BJP's chances of winning the seat this year, Chavda told ANI, "The BJP lost this seat in 2017 as I was with the Congress. But since I am with the BJP now, it will win."
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav held rallies and urged people to vote for the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Dimple Yadav in the upcoming Mainpuri bypolls.
Chavda, who resigned from Congress and joined BJP in 2019, is considered to be an influential leader from Ahir community. He was elected to the Assembly on a Congress ticket from the Manavadar seat of Junagadh district in 1990.
"During patrolling near the Tayyab Masjid area yesterday, a police constable noticed a gathering. One Asif Mohd Khan, father of Congress MCD Counselor candidate Ariba Khan along with his supporters was addressing the gathering using a loud hailer," said Delhi Police.
Delhi Police on Friday lodged a case against Asif Mohammad Khan, father of Congress MCD councillor nominee Ms Ariba Khan, for misbehaving and manhandling with police personnel on duty in front of Shaheen Bagh Tayyab Masjid.