Bharatiya Janata Party has announced candidates for four Rajya Sabha seats of Gujarat. It has become clear from the BJP list that it will contest elections on all four seats. In such a situation, the Indian National Congress, possibly for the first time after the formation of the state, will become void in Gujarat in terms of Rajya Sabha.

BJP has nominated Rajubhai Shukla, Mukeshbhai Rathwa, Mansingh Parmar and Jitendra Meghjibhai Kanjariya for the Rajya Sabha elections for four seats.

For the first time in 74 years, Congress will become 0! There will not be a single Rajya Sabha MP from this state

Bharatiya Janata Party said in a press release that the Central Election Committee has approved the names for the biennial elections of Rajya Sabha.

The last date for filing nominations for Rajya Sabha elections has been fixed as June 8. Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on June 9, while candidates will be able to withdraw their names till June 11. Voting will be held on June 18 and counting of votes will also be done immediately after the end of voting on the same day.

What is the numerical strength of Gujarat Assembly?

There are a total of 182 seats in the Gujarat Assembly, out of which one seat is vacant; At present there are 181 members. In terms of numbers, BJP has 161 MLAs, Congress has 12, Aam Aadmi Party has 4 and two independent MLAs. Since Congress does not have the necessary numbers to field candidates, the victory of BJP candidates is certain to be unopposed.

With this election, it will be the first time since Gujarat became a state that there will be no Congress member from Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha. Congress is represented only by Banaskantha MP Geniben Thakor in the Lok Sabha. At present, the tenure of Congress’s lone Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisingh Gohil has ended, while the tenure of BJP’s Narhari Amin, Rambhai Mokaria and Ramilaben Bara is also ending.

The local and municipal body elections to be held in Gujarat on Sunday will see a multi-cornered contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Aam Aadmi Party. Whereas All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is expecting to create problems for these parties.

The challenge for BJP is to maintain its political dominance that has continued for almost three decades in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

Voting will start at 7 am and end at 6 pm. If necessary, re-polling will be held the next day and counting of votes will take place on April 28.

A total of 9,992 local representatives are contesting elections in 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats and 260 taluka panchayats, including Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot, with more than 4.18 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise.

The elections are being held under the revised norms for Other Backward Class (OBC) reservation, which required extensive delimitation and reorganization of wards in many districts.

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Political analysts believe that the election results will reflect the mood of the voters in the state, which will be an important signal ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. The election campaign included rallies, road shows and door-to-door meetings.

Civic issues such as road conditions and drinking water supply were prominently raised in the election, while leaders also raised broader issues such as reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

Aam Aadmi Party is trying to increase its presence

Gujarat politics has traditionally been dominated by BJP and Congress, but Aam Aadmi Party is trying to increase its presence.

At the beginning of the election campaign, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was ahead of other parties. Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann addressed several rallies across Gujarat.

This is the first time for AAP that the Kejriwal-led party is contesting about 5,000 seats in the local elections.

Other candidates include Nationalist Congress Party, AIMIM and independent candidates.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi campaigned in the last phase by addressing public meetings in Ahmedabad and Bhuj. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel campaigned extensively on behalf of BJP.

Prominent candidates include former Gujarat cadre IPS officer ML Ninama, former radio jockey Abha Desai and former AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani.

Ninama will contest from Odh seat of Shamlaji taluka in Aravalli District Panchayat elections, while Bhayani has been made the candidate by BJP from Bhesan seat of Junagadh District Panchayat.

Desai is popularly known as RJ Abha. She is contesting as a Congress candidate from Ward No. 10 of Rajkot Municipal Corporation.

In March 2021, BJP once again won a landslide victory in the local elections in Gujarat. It went far ahead of rival Congress by winning 6,236 out of 8,470 seats in various municipalities.

The BJP then maintained its dominance over all the six municipal corporations, apart from 81 municipalities, 32 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats.

Notably, elections will also be held for the first time in nine newly formed municipal corporations including Navsari, Gandhidham, Morbi, Vapi, Anand, Nadiad, Mehsana, Porbandar and Surendranagar.

Who will vote where?

Senior BJP leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah will cast their votes on Sunday. Shah will cast his vote at Naranpura sub-regional office in Ahmedabad at 11 am, while Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will cast his vote at Shilaj Primary School.

State BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi will exercise their franchise at polling stations in Ahmedabad and Surat respectively.

Before voting, Patel appealed to voters to ensure ‘100 per cent voting’ and described the election as a ‘sacred festival of democracy’.

Meanwhile, three-tier security arrangements have been made for the elections, which include CCTV surveillance and deployment of special squads in sensitive areas.

Director General of Police KL N Rao said security covered around 29,000 polling buildings and more than 49,000 polling stations. Booths have been classified into sensitive, highly sensitive and normal categories based on standard operating procedures.

Gujarat’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Govind Parmar died on Friday after illness. Party leaders gave this information, Govind Parmar was the MLA from Umreth assembly seat of Anand district. He breathed his last at the age of 72.

Govind Parmar’s health deteriorated at home recently, after which he was taken to the hospital in Anand. Even after treatment for several days, his health did not improve and he lost the battle of life on Friday. The news of the demise of the BJP MLA created an atmosphere of mourning in the party. Many leaders have expressed grief over his demise.

BJP state president expressed grief

Gujarat BJP President Jagdish Vishwakarma said in a post on ‘X’, ‘Heard the sad news of the demise of popular Umreth MLA Govindbhai Parmar. It is prayed that God may rest his divine soul in peace and give strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss. After the news of the demise of the BJP MLA, his supporters and a large number of BJP leaders started reaching there. He also expressed grief over Parmar’s demise.

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Govind Parmar was MLA four times

Govind Parmar, born in the year 1953, has been an experienced leader of Central Gujarat. He was elected MLA four times. Elected to Gujarat Assembly in the years 1995, 1998, 2017 and 2022. For the first time, he reached the Assembly 30 years ago by winning the election as an independent candidate from Sarsa seat of Anand district. In the 1998 assembly elections, Parmar retained the Sarsa seat on Congress ticket.

Later, after losing the election, Parmar joined BJP. Sarsa seat was merged into Umreth assembly constituency in 2008. In the 2012 elections, he faced defeat. But, in the next two elections in 2017 and 2022, he won from Umreth on BJP ticket.

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Mumtaz Patel has reacted to the statement of Congress leader Rashid Alvi. He said that Congress is the only secular party which takes everyone along. I believe that if Muslim voters today get a third option, they will be attracted towards it. We saw during Bihar elections, Maharashtra elections that he supported AIMIM.

Congress leader Mumtaz Patel further said that there should be some communication gap and we should not talk about Muslim voters only during elections. We should also listen to their concerns.

Rashid Alvi raised questions on communication gap in Congress

Congress leader Rashid Alvi has raised questions regarding the communication gap in the party. He said on Sunday (January 25) that the lack of an effective platform for dialogue and limited access to the top leadership has created a communication gap within the party.

It is not so easy to meet Rahul Gandhi – Rashid Alvi

Senior leader Rashid Alvi said that it is not so easy to meet Rahul Gandhi. Talking to IANS in New Delhi, Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that as far as Naseemuddin’s resignation is concerned, it is a matter of concern. BJP always accuses Congress of Muslim appeasement, and the result is that the Congress party is continuously ignoring the Muslim leadership.

Congress is continuously ignoring Muslim leaders – Rashid Alvi

He said, “Shakeel left the party in Bihar, Naseemuddin left in UP, Roshan Baig left in Karnataka. Muslim leaders have not left the party out of greed for power. It is a matter of concern for these leaders to leave the party. The Congress Party should be worried that the Muslims of India vote for the Congress and the Congress Party is continuously ignoring the Muslim leaders.

Faisal Patel, son of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel, has created a stir in the political circles by talking about starting a new group separate from the Congress. He has also said that his sister can also join him. Now his sister Mumtaz Patel has given her reaction regarding this. Refuting his brother’s claim, he has denied any intention of becoming a part of any new political party.
Mumtaz Patel wrote on social media platform My brother’s views and decisions are entirely his own. Please don’t involve me in this. Thank you.”

Just to clarify…I have no plans to join any new political party or be part of any new initiative. My brother’s views and decisions are entirely his own. Please do not link me to this. Thank you

— Mumtaz Patel (@mumtazpatels) November 29, 2025

What did Faisal Patel write?

The screen short of the social media post of Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal Patel is going viral. In this he has written, “I am thinking of breaking the Congress party and forming a new group. This party will be named Congress (AP). My sister Mumtaz Patel can also join it.

Mumtaz also raised questions on Congress leadership

Recently, after the defeat of Congress in Bihar elections, Mumtaz Patel had raised questions on the party leadership. He had written, “No excuses, no allegations and no introspection. Now is the time to look within yourself and accept the truth. How long will the countless loyal grassroots workers, who have remained with the party through all difficult situations, wait for success?” He also alleged that due to concentration of power in the hands of a few people, they are completely cut off from the ground reality and are responsible for the repeated defeats of this old party.

A few months ago, Faisal Patel had also praised the Modi government at the Center and said that the country is in safe hands. However, during this time he had also said that he was not angry with the Congress and had taken a break for a few days from public life. It is noteworthy that late veteran leader Ahmed Patel was among the great strategists of Congress. He had won the Lok Sabha elections thrice from Bharuch, Gujarat. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha for almost three decades. He died of corona infection in the year 2020.

Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena and entire Thakor community organized a Maha Sneh Milan program at Deodar. In this conference, big leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress – Congress MP Geniben Thakor, Minister Swaroopji Thakor, MLA Alpesh Thakor and Keshaji Chauhan and other leaders were seen together. In the ceremony, emphasis was laid on eliminating the customs and drugs prevalent in the society, bringing awareness towards education and maintaining unity. The leaders appealed to the society to take a pledge to become drug-free, educated and organized, and also appealed to strongly oppose laws like the Friendship Pact.

Unprecedented gathering of Thakor community leaders in Deodar

A big meeting was held on behalf of Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena and the entire Thakor community at Thakor Boarding in Deodar, Banaskantha. The biggest feature of this program was that leaders of BJP and Congress were present on the same stage for the welfare of the community. In which MP Geniben Thakor, Minister Swaroopji Thakor, MLA Alpesh Thakor, Keshaji Chauhan and Amritji Thakor, many political leaders of district and taluka level and a large number of social leaders participated. A glimpse of social unity was visible in this meeting, where political leaders joined hands and gave priority to society over the party.

decision to remove evils

The main objective of the conference was to spread awareness to remove the evils going on in the society. All the leaders unanimously laid emphasis on getting free from drugs and studies. MLA Keshaji Chauhan described drugs as the enemy of the society and appealed to the youth to become strong in education and politics. The slogan of ‘Read, write, stay united’ echoed from the stage.

Statements of Geniben Thakor and Alpesh Thakor

MP Geniben Thakor expressed happiness over the coming of all the leaders on one stage. She said that she will work for the unity of the society more than any party. He gave a shocking statement and said that if the society controls customs and drugs, then the profession of three people like doctor, policeman and lawyer will be affected. He described laws like friendship agreements as dangerous and stressed the need for the society to take a strong stand against this law.

Kshatriya Thakor Sena President and MLA Alpesh Thakor also appealed to the youth to give up drug addiction and unite. ​Alpesh Thakor stressed on the awareness of the society and said that many people have changed with time and we also need to change. To bring awareness in the society, he has announced to hold a big meeting on 26 January at GMDC Ground in Ahmedabad.

There will be an expansion of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s cabinet in Gujarat, in which 25 new ministers will take oath today. For this, huge preparations have been made by the party. Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today paid a courtesy call on Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat and informed him about the status of the Gujarat Cabinet and sought permission for the swearing-in ceremony.

There will be 25 ministers in Bhupendra Patel’s new cabinet. The list of whose names has also come out. These leaders will take oath as ministers in today’s swearing-in ceremony. These names are-

1. Hrishikesh Patel
2. Praful Panseria
3. Kunwarji Bavaliya
4. Parsottam Solanki
5. Kunu Desai
6. Harsh Sanghvi
7. Naresh Patel
8. Kanti Amritiya
9. Arjun Modhwadia
10. Darshana Vaghela
11.Trikam Chhanga
12. Rewa Ba Jadeja
13. Jeetu Vaghani
14. Jairam Gambit
15. P. C. Baranda
16. Swaroopji Thakor
17. Kaushik Vekariya
18. Ramesh Katara
19. Ishwar Singh Patel
20. Padmuman Vaja
21. Manisha Vakil
22. Praveen Mali
23. Sanjay Singh Mahida
24. Kamlesh Patel
25. Raman Solanki

Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat said that the Chief Minister informed about the current situation of the Gujarat Cabinet and has sought permission to organize the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet members.

Many new faces may get place

This reshuffle in the Gujarat cabinet is being linked to the 2027 assembly elections. This time many new faces have also been included in the new cabinet. Among them there are some faces who have joined BJP from Congress. There are speculations that this time there may be two Deputy CMs in Gujarat.

In this list, the name of Rivaba, wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, is being discussed the most. Who is a first-time MLA and has been given a place in the Gujarat Cabinet for the first time. Let us tell you that earlier on Thursday, all the 16 ministers of Gujarat had submitted their resignations to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

All 16 ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Gujarat government have resigned. All the ministers have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. All the ministers resigned after an important meeting on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at the house of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Before the resignation, a meeting of all the ministers was held with the Chief Minister. In this meeting, the resignations of all the ministers except the Chief Minister have been accepted.

The resignations given by the ministers of Gujarat will be submitted to the Governor. All of them had their resignations ready. The ministers had signed the resignation letter. No further instructions have been given.

The process of cabinet expansion in the state has reached its final stage. First of all, BJP state president Jagdish Vishwakarma resigned. After this, all the ministers resigned one after the other. These resignations were handed over to Vishwakarma, who directed all the ministers to resign.

Interestingly, the Chief Minister did not ask for resignation from the ministers. This afternoon, a meeting of ministers was held at the residence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, in which it was decided that all the ministers would resign en masse. After this decision, now all eyes are on the announcement of the new cabinet. The swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet will be held tomorrow, Friday (October 17) at the Mahatma Temple in Gandhinagar.

Read the list of Gujarat government ministers here-

1. Kanubhai Desai , Finance, Energy and Petrochemicals (Pardi)
2. Balwant Singh Rajput , Industries, Labor and Employment (Siddhpur)
3. Hrishikesh Patel , Health, Family Welfare and Higher Education (Visnagar)
4. Raghavji Patel , Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (Jamnagar Rural)
5. Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya , Water Supply and Civil Supplies (Jasdan)
6. Bhanuben Babaria , Social Justice and Women and Child Development (Rajkot Rural)
7. mulubhai bera , Tourism, Forest and Environment (Khambhalia)
8. Kuber Dindor , Education and Tribal Development (Santrampur ST)
9. Naresh Patel , Ganadevi
10. Bachhubhai Khabad , Devgarh Baria
11. Parshottam Solanki , Bhavnagar Rural
12. Harsh Sanghvi , Majura
13. Jagdish Vishwakarma , Nicole
14. Mukeshbhai Zeenabhai Patel , olpad
15. Kunwajibhai Halapati , Mandvi (ST)
16. Bhikubhai Chatur Singh Parmar , Modasa

The cabinet led by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is likely to be expanded before Diwali 2025. This means that there may be a change in the cabinet of Gujarat in the next five days. Sources from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have given this information.

A senior BJP leader said on Tuesday (October 14) that the state may get about 10 new ministers in the cabinet expansion.

Fear of replacement of more than half of the ministers

According to the report of news agency PTI, the leader, on the condition of not disclosing his identity, said that in the upcoming cabinet expansion and reshuffle, about half of the existing ministers are likely to be changed. Let us tell you, currently there are 17 ministers in the state cabinet including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Of these, 8 are cabinet level ministers,

Gujarat cabinet expansion may happen before October 18

The leader said, ‘There is a possibility that about 50 percent of the ministers of the current cabinet may be changed. Cabinet expansion or reshuffle can happen before October 18. There is a possibility that after this expansion, Gujarat may get 10 new ministers.

Jagdish Vishwakarma is Gujarat BJP President

Earlier this month (October 2025), Jagdish Vishwakarma, Minister of State in the Gujarat government, was made the new president of the Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, replacing Union Minister CR Patil.

Bhupendra Patel becomes CM of Gujarat for the second time

There can be a maximum of 27 ministers in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly. Bhupendra Patel took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the second time on December 12, 2022.

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The political stir has intensified due to the upcoming body and panchayat elections in Gujarat. Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party is ready to fight all the panchayats and civic elections of Gujarat with full power. The party has announced to field its candidates in all panchayats and bodies regarding the upcoming body and panchayat elections in the state.

In Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party state president Ishudan Gadhvi has invited the youth of the state to become candidates. Ishudan Gadhvi said, “The caravan of the Aam Aadmi Party is increasing and thousands of people are joining this party.”

AAP will fight all the panchayats and civic elections of Gujarat with full power

Aam Aadmi Party will field candidates in all panchayats and bodies in the upcoming bodies and panchayat elections of Gujarat

State President @isudan_gadhvi Zee invited the youth of the state to become candidates pic.twitter.com/dwlrxycksl

– AAP (@Aamaadmiparty) August 18, 2025

Thousands of people want to join AAP- Ishudan Garhvi

He further said, “Arvind Kejriwal has started the politics of work by rising above familyism, casteism and moneyism, thousands of people want to join the Aam Aadmi Party, thousands of people want to contest elections. Therefore, from today, the top leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party and the leadership of the state has decided that in the upcoming civic elections, tickets should be given to those youth who want to serve the public, which do not mess up the tickets and have complete transparency.

‘We are going to contest more than 10 thousand seats’

The state president of Gujarat AAP, while clarifying, said, “We are going to contest more than 10 thousand seats. The Aam Aadmi Party is contesting the entire seat in the civic elections. It is Tehsil Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat, Municipal Corporation or Municipal Corporation, all elections will be fought Aam Aadmi Party, so we have decided that Open to All, people who want to contest elections, want to serve the people of Gujarat, want to contest the elections from the Aam Aadmi Party, they are party workers, officials or social workers too, people who want to join, are issuing a form for those who want to join. ‘

Forms will be filled online or through WhatsApp

Explaining how to fill this form, he said, “These form will also be able to fill online, through WhatsApp, they will also be able to fill these candidature through e-mail. In our District President, Lok Sabha President, Assembly in -charge which we have appointed, they will also be able to submit the form for candidature. They can also send to the state office.

Candidates will be announced after scrutiny

Ishudan Garhvi further said, “We want that in the civic elections, when we are going to fight 10 thousand youths. These are youths who want to contest elections, want to work, want to serve the public, they will come by open to all and will fill the form. As soon as they will send the candidature forms, we are forming a committee at the district level as well, where the Lok Sabha head, assembly in -charge, district president and district team will be. This team will do scrutiny together. Then they will send it to the state, there will be scrutiny here and after that we will announce the candidate.