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Gujarat; ₹40,000 Crore Electricity Heist, ‘Smart’ Theft
'Smart' Theft via Smart Electricity Meters Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, May 24, 2026
If the total electricity billing across Gujarat amounts to ₹1 lakh crore, the government stands to receive ₹17,000 crore of this sum in the form of electricity tax. The Gujarat government is projected to generate an income of ₹13,000 crore from electricity taxes ...
GujGovt Backtracks on Promise, Dwarka’s Farmlands Face Ruin
Dilip Patel, Ahmedabad, May 24, 2026 Gujarat possesses a total wind power generation capacity of 7,542 MW, making it the state with the second-largest installed capacity in India, following Tamil Nadu (9,304 MW). Between April 2019 and March 2020, Gujarat added 1,468 MW to its wind power generation capacity. Dwarka has been designated as a...
Modi Failed to Take Action on ₹12 Lakh Crore Corruption
The Maneuvers of Former Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, May 24, 2026
When Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister, the then-Minister of State for Home Affairs, Amit Shah, had announced in the Gujarat Assembly that the Congress party was involved in corruption amounting to ₹12 lakh crore. Now that Amit Shah ser...
Modi’s Illiterate Gujarat, Students left School, College
77 Percent of Youth Do Not Attend College Students Are Dropping Out of School Ahmedabad, May 22, 2026 The dire state of education in Gujarat is starkly revealed by official statistics for the 2025-26 academic year. **Schools Shut Down – Teacher Count Declines** Amidst a shortage of teachers, the number of schools operating without an...
GUJARAT: CM Bhupendra Patel’s “Digital Lockdown”
Ahmedabad, May 20, 2026
Under the 'Sugam Internet Digital Gujarat' initiative, 20 government services were fully digitized to enable citizens to access all facilities from the comfort of their homes, without the need to visit government offices. The 20 most frequently utilized services have been digitized end-to-end. However, these services hav...
Electric Vehicle Adoption Declines in Gujarat
Bhupendra Patel's Government Grapples with 'EV Policy Paralysis' Ahmedabad, May 20, 2026
Despite the announcement of a policy, the government had decided to offer subsidies of up to ₹20,000 on two-wheelers and up to ₹15 lakh on four-wheelers. However, starting in 2024, the direct cash subsidy on electric two-wheelers was discontinued. Consequen...
GUJARAT : Outsourcing Scandal: Embezzlement of ₹1.36 Crore
May 20, 2026
Estimated Workforce in the Gujarat Government: 4.5 lakh permanent government employees, 3 lakh contract employees, 3 lakh outsourced employees, and 1 lakh daily-wage or part-time workers. Health Department (PHCs/CHCs/Civil Hospitals)
Approximately 88% of the paramedical and administrative staff in Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and...
Housing Board Commercial Scam: Supreme Court Verdict to Apply in Gujar...
Housing Board Commercial Scam
Supreme Court Verdict
Dilip Patel, Ahmedabad, May 19, 2026
On March 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that the Tamil Nadu government had permitted commercial construction alongside residential areas on lands designated for public purposes. This ruling also applies to 34 housing colonies under the Gujarat Housing Boa...
Gold Smuggling Set to Rise, Adani Airport to Become a Hub
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, May 16, 2026
The decision to increase the import duty on gold from 6% to 15% has impacted Gujarat—particularly its jewelry, diamond, and trade sectors.
With the hike in the import tax on gold, smuggling activities have surged. Unemployment has also risen. It is estimated that 3 million artisans in Gujarat are engaged in th...
A Poor and Needy Gujarat: Modi’s Promise to the People
Ahmedabad, May 9, 2026 BJP governments are rendering the children born in Gujarat frail and vulnerable. They are weakening an entire generation. In the years 2024–25, a staggering 400,000 children were found to be severely malnourished. Their lives are being ruined. Their parents are unable to provide them with even a single full meal a day.
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Scam in Gujarat Local Body Election Campaign, 2026
Ahmedabad, April 28, 2026 The Aam Aadmi Party—variously referred to as "Arvind Kejriwal's party," "Jesus-dan's party," or "Italy's party"—has been caught red-handed engaging in financial misappropriation. A case involving a *hawala* (illegal money transfer) scam linked to the AAP has come to light. Akash Mishra, who had fled to Delhi, is conn...
Anandiben Brandished a Weapon During the Election
No Police Complaint Filed Against Anandiben Despite Intimidation, She Lost the Local Elections Despite Removing Voters' Names from Rolls, She Suffered Defeat Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, April 23, 2026
The question of why Modi removed Anandiben Patel—Gujarat's first female Chief Minister—in 2016 is being asked repeatedly today. At a time when ...
47 Candidates in Ahmedabad Face Criminal Charges; Congress Has the Hig...
Ahmedabad, April 24, 2026 Out of a total of 526 candidates representing the BJP, Congress, and AAP across the 48 wards of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, cases have been registered against 47 candidates under serious sections of the IPC and BNS. These charges involve grave offenses such as rioting, assault, criminal intimidation, crimina...
Ahmedabad’s election manifesto, but unfulfilled promises
Unfulfilled Promises in Ahmedabad's Election Manifesto Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, April 18, 2026
To secure victory in the 2026 general elections of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Rishikesh Patel released the BJP's election manifesto—the *Sankalp Patra* (Pledge Document)—at the party's Ahmedabad office and made a series of promises. In realit...
The Biggest Rebellion in the BJP’s 40-Year Rule over Local Govt:...
Dilip Patel Ahmedabad, April 16, 2026 Voting for local self-government elections in Gujarat is scheduled for April 26, with the counting of votes to take place on April 28. There is a total of 9,992 seats across 393 local self-government bodies. Estimates suggest that the BJP is facing both public and internal dissent in as many as 290 consti...