The party manifesto, released by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, BJP national president JP Nadda, and state party president CR Paatil, has made at least 40 promises including the complete implementation of the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code Committee's recommendations.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the latter said that rioters in Gujarat were taught a lesson by the BJP in 2002.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is all set for a jampacked poll campaigning in two districts in South Gujarat to find its footfall in the state on Saturday ahead of Assembly elections.
On Tuesday, official sources at Tihar jail claimed that Rinku, the prisoner who was administering massage on Jain, was 'not a physiotherapist' but has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for allegedly raping a minor.
With Congress also in the fray with a sitting MLA, it is also a triangular contest. Senior Congress leader Vikram Madam, AAP Chief Minister's face Isudan Gadhvi and BJP candidate Mulu Ayar Bera are fighting it out amongst themselves in the assembly elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a public meeting in Dehgam on Thursday that these elections will decide the fate of Gujarat for the next 25 years.
"Ashok Gehlot is a senior and experienced leader, I don't know who is advising him to level false, baseless allegations against me. Today it is required to strengthen the party," said Congress leader Sachin Pilot while talking to ANI.
"BJP politics over this is completely wrong. It's not an issue of love jihad but of exploitation and abuse against a woman and that is how it should be viewed and condemned," Owaisi said.
Pabubha Manek, a BJP MLA whom the party has entrusted to retain the Dwarka seat for the third straight time, has never lost an election since 1990. Manek won the first three elections as an independent, then joined the Congress and won the seat. Later, he won the Assembly elections of 2012 a