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Differently abled 16,375 voters are real champions of democracy
60-year-old Premdas Prajapati, a prgana chakshu (blind) since very early infant age, is a champion of democracy in real sense with his deeper understanding to cast his vote to participate in the festival of democracy (elections) for the 17 th Lok Sabha to be held in Gujarat on April 23.
“Though I am blind, still, I have deeper understanding to val...
Reprieve for Ahmed Patel,tough battle for Congress as new face Sherkha...
By Abdul hafiz lakhani Ahmedabad
The Congress on Thursday announced the names of two candidates for Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat, taking the total number of seats on which it has declared its candidates to 357. . The party has fielded Sher Khan Abdul Shakur Pathan from Bharuch Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, putting to rest all speculation abou...
The average annual self-income of 479 sitting MPs is Rs.30.29 Lakhs
Andhra Pradesh’s 19 MPs analysed have the highest average annual self-income of Rs. 105.9 Lakhs, followed by Odisha’s 15 MPs analysed with average annual self-income of Rs. 68.8 Lakhs.
2 MPs analysed of Goa have the lowest average annual self-income of Rs. 5.2 Lakhs, followed by 33 MPs analysed of Tamil Nadu with average annual self-income of Rs...
20% MPs have declared business as their profession
Out of 479 MPs analysed, 5(1%) MPs have not given their profession in their affidavit.
ADR has categorised the professions of the MPs in 15 categories such as Business, doctor, Lawyer, farmer, including more than one profession categories such as Farming and business, Agriculture and services etc.
98(20%) out of 479 MPs have declared business as ...
”Failure” of a Modi campaign: 51% Gujarat men tobacco addi...
Saturday, March 30, 2019
By Rajiv Shah
While the Gujarat government may claim to have decided to begin a “tobacco free Gujarat” campaign in 2011 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the state chief minister. Yet, latest available data suggest that as many as 51.4 per cent of men and seven per cent of women in the state use any form of tobacco ...
Amit Shah’s choice for Gandhinagar: Will ex-CM Anandiben Patel &...
Sunday, March 31, 2019
By RK Misra*
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Amit Shah as a replacement for BJP veteran LK Advani from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency for the 2019 general elections, it was more to recreate the Atal-Advani visual imagery in governance than anything else.
Modi is a great one for symbolisms as image buildin...
Notice to take action against CETPs, STPs, Polluting Industries, AMC
Notice to take action against CETPs, STPs, Polluting Industries, and Amdavad Municipal Corporation in view of Dangerously Very High COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) and zero DO (Dissolved Oxygen) levels observed in the water of Sabarmati River.
It is now known and admitted reality that untreated and poorly treated ind...
Growth of food processing industry in Gujarat
The agricultural and the industrial development of Gujarat are taking place at a faster rate not only due to the keen interest of the State Government but also, due to the progressive and enterprising nature of the people of the State. Agro Industrial Sector has been one of the identified thrust areas in the successive State Industrial Policies.
I...
Meet Shobha, Rashminara, and Rupa Behn
Rupa Behn Mody is a survivor of the Gulberg massacre during which she was taking shelter with her sons Azhar and Binaifer in the home of Ehsan and Zakia Jafri. As they were trying to escape the violent mob, Azhar's hand slipped away and he was left behind. That was the last time Rupa Behn saw him.
Rupa Behn, dealing with apathetic and disinteres...
21 assembly seats in Ahmedabad 719 centenarian voters
By Himanshu Upadhyay
Ahmedabad, March 28, 2019: With age their bodies have become fragile but their mind and spirit are still as strong as ‘Vajra’ to urge them to participate in the greatest festival of democracy called ‘Election’ as over 700 centenarian voters from Ahmedabad city and district are eager to cast their votes in the forthcoming...
Sabarmati for120 km stretch is dead, releasing industrial effluents
Several civil society organisations led by Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS), Vadodara, in close coordination with the Gujarat Pollution Control Board have released reports'on joint investigations by pollution levels in the prime water source of Ahmedabad District, Sabarmati river, finding their condition disastrous.
The reports note that Sabarmati...
All India Survey on Governance Issues and Voting Behaviour 2018
25th March 2019
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) commissioned perhaps the largest ever Voter Survey in any country. The survey was conducted between October 2018 and December 2018, prior to the General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019. It covered 534 Lok Sabha constituencies with 2,73,487 voters participating in this exercise spread a...
Amit Shah’s bio data for Loksabha election
Born on 22 October 1964, Amit Shah represents the emerging New India in
every sense of the term. Leading the Party from the front for the last ve years
has been remarkably successful in expanding BJP's organisational foot print,
securing one electoral victory after the other in State assembly elections.
During his tenure, Party has become the ...
Congress would win just 9 of 26 Lok Sabha seats
Gujarat Assembly segment-wise analysis
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat ahead of state assembly polls in 2017
By Rajiv Shah
Even as the Congress plans its first working committee meet in Gujarat on February 28 after an almost 58 year gap, there is reason to wonder what is in store for India’s grand old party in a state which...
Gujarat govt “changed norms” to declare it fit to drink
The Lokshahi Bachao Andolan, a Gujarat-based civil rights organization headed by former BJP chief minister Suresh Mehta, has alleged that the state government has changed the minimum acceptable standard of drinking water from 500 milligrams per liter of TDS to 2,000 milligrams, risking the health of crores of people of Gujarat. Pointing out that th...