Today's results will show which party's promises rang truer notes with the voters, the Congress' 'People's Manifesto' or the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Sankalp Patra'.
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Today's results will show which party's promises rang truer notes with the voters, the Congress' 'People's Manifesto' or the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Sankalp Patra'. Here's a look back at what the manifestos of Congress and BJP in Gujarat promised.
And, do you know about Amit Shah's Man Friday? Bhupendra Yadav, much like his mentor Amit Shah, is a fiercely private man. Yadav, the BJP National General Secretary, emerged as a crucial linchpin in the BJP's election machine in Gujarat. More on him, here. Gujarat's poll outcome may decide electoral politics in neighbouring Rajasthan. While the Congress picked Ashok Gehlot, a 66-year-old veteran politician from Jodhpur and two-time Rajasthan CM, the BJP gave the campaign reins to Bhupender Yadav, its 48-year-old parliamentarian from Ajmer. Both these men have the ear of their party's respective top brass. Gehlot is said to be close to Ahmed Patel — the second most important person in the Congress after the Gandhi family, while Yadav is a trusted aide of BJP chief Amit Shah.
Can Vijay Rupani, the first CM since Narendra Modi to face electorate, fill the PM's big boots? Gujarat 2017 is a litmus test for not only Modi's Gujarat model, it is also one for Rupani as CM.
OBCs, not Patidars, may emerge as kingmakers in Gujarat today. Why? OBCs make up 51 percent of Gujarat's population. Kolis, an OBC community, alone make up around 20%, making them the largest caste group in Gujarat. Patidars make up only around 12%. In several of Gujarat’s 182 seats, the split in the Patidar vote would mean OBCs would take center stage. More on it, here.
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