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  • Paresh Rawal summoned by Kolkata Police on Monday over his ‘cook fish for Bengalis’ remark

    Paresh Rawal summoned by Kolkata Police on Monday over his ‘cook fish for Bengalis’ remark

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    BJP leader and actor Paresh Rawal has been summoned on December 12 by Kolkata Police in Taltala police station for his “cook fish for Bengalis” remark during an election rally of the BJP in Gujarat, reported ANI on Tuesday.

    CPI(M) leader Md Salim had lodged a police complaint against Paresh Rawal’s comment.

    The Kolkata Police had last week booked the actor under different sections of the IPC on a complaint filed by Salim, who alleged that he delivered “hate speech” against the Bengali community.

    A case had been registered against Rawal under IPC sections 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153B (propagates denial of rights to linguistic or racial groups), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements intending public mischief), police said in a communication to Salim.

    Salim, in his complaint, said he came across a video on various social media platforms featuring the actor giving a speech that could promote feelings of hatred against Bengalis.

    Rawal apologised last week following a huge backlash on the social media over his comments. “Of course, the fish is not the issue as Gujaratis do cook and eat fish. But let me clarify by Bengali I meant illegal Bangladeshi N Rohingya. But still if I have hurt your feelings and sentiments I do apologise,” the 67-year-old actor and former BJP MP wrote on Twitter.

    Rawal had taken up the issue of gas cylinder prices at a BJP rally in Valsad district.

    “Gas cylinders are expensive, but their price will come down. People will get employment too. But what will happen if Rohingya migrants and Bangladeshis start living around you, like in Delhi? … What will you do with gas cylinders? Cook fish for the Bengalis?” Rawal had said.
     

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  • Gujarat Election 2022: Full list of 89 constituencies going to polls in Phase-1

    Gujarat Election 2022: Full list of 89 constituencies going to polls in Phase-1

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    Gujarat assembly polls: The campaigning for the first phase of elections in 89 of the total 182 seats in Gujarat came to an end on December 29. The first phase of elections will take place on December 1. The remaining 93 seats will be decided in a vote on December 5.

    The Gujarat assembly elections will feature 1,621 candidates. A total of 788 candidates will run for the 89 seats up for election in Phase 1, including 70 women and 339 independents. Similarly, 833 candidates will compete for the 93 seats in Phase 2. In the second round, there are 69 female candidates and 285 independents.

    Also read: Gujarat Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates

    Check the list of seats or constituencies here:

    1. Abdasa (Kachchh)

    2. Mandvi (Kachchh)

    3. Bhuj (Kachchh)

    4. Anjar (Kachchh)

    5. Gandhidham (SC) (Kachchh)

    6. Rapar (Kachchh)

    7. Dasada (SC) (Kachchh)

    8. Limbdi (Surendranagar)

    9. Wadhwan (Surendranagar)

    10. Chotila (Surendranagar)

    11. Dhrangadhra (Surendranagar)

    12. Morbi (Morbi)

    13. Tankara (Morbi)

    14. Wankaner (Morbi)

    15. Rajkot East (Rajkot)

    16. Rajkot West (Rajkot)

    17. Rajkot South (Rajkot)

    18. Rajkot Rural (SC) (Rajkot)

    19. Jasdan (Rajkot)

    20. Gondal (Rajkot)

    21. Jetpur (Rajkot)

    22. Dhoraji (Rajkot)

    23. Kalavad (SC) (Jamnagar)

    24. Jamnagar Rural (Jamnagar)

    25. Jamnagar North (Jamnagar)

    26. Jamnagar South (Jamnagar)

    27. Jamjodhpur (Jamnagar)

    28. Khambhalia (Devbhumi Dwarka)

    29. Dwarka (Devbhumi Dwarka)

    30. Porbandar (Porbandar)

    31. Kutiyana (Porbandar)

    32. Manavadar (Junagadh)

    33. Junagadh (Junagadh)

    34. Visavadar (Junagadh)

    35. Keshod (Junagadh)

    36. Mangrol (Junagadh)

    37. Somnath (Gir Somnath)

    38. Talala (Gir Somnath)

    39. Kodinar (SC) (Gir Somnath)

    40. Una (Gir Somnath)

    41. Dhari (Amreli)

    42. Amreli (Amreli)

    43. Lathi (Amreli)

    44. Savarkundla (Amreli)

    45. Rajula (Amreli)

    46. Mahuva (Bhavnagar)

    47. Talaja (Bhavnagar)

    48. Gariadhar (Bhavnagar)

    49. Palitana (Bhavnagar)

    50. Bhavnagar Rural (Bhavnagar)

    51. Bhavnagar East (Bhavnagar)

    52. Bhavnagar West (Bhavnagar)

    53. Gadhada (SC) (Botad)

    54. Botad (Botad)

    55. Nandod (ST) (Narmada)

    56. Dediapada (ST) (Narmada)

    57. Jambusar (Bharuch)

    58. Vagra (Bharuch)

    59. Jhagadia (ST) (Bharuch)

    60. Bharuch (Bharuch)

    61. Ankleshwar (Bharuch)

    62. Olpad (Surat)

    63. Mangrol (ST) (Surat)

    64. Mandvi (ST) (Surat)

    65. Kamrej (Surat)

    66. Surat East (Surat)

    67. Surat North (Surat)

    68. Varachha Road (Surat)

    69. Karanj (Surat)

    70. Limbayat (Surat)

    71. Udhna (Surat)

    72. Majura (Surat)

    73. Katargam (Surat)

    74. Surat West (Surat)

    75. Choryasi (Surat)

    76. Bardoli (SC) (Surat)

    77. Mahuva (ST) (Surat)

    78. Vyara (ST) (Tapi)

    79. Nizar (ST) (Tapi)

    80. Dangs (ST) (Dangs)

    81. Jalalpore (Navsari)

    82. Navsari (Navsari)

    83. Gandevi (ST) (Navsari)

    84. Bansda (ST) (Navsari)

    85. Dharampur (ST) (Valsad)

    86. Valsad (Valsad)

    87. Pardi (Valsad)

    88. Kaprada (ST) (Valsad)

    89. Umbergaon (ST) (Valsad)

    The second round of voting will begin on December 5. On December 8, the votes will be tallied, and the outcomes will be announced.

    It must be mentioned here that if you intend to vote, then you must first check whether your name appears on the voter list or not. You will not be able to vote if your name is not on the list. To cast a vote, every voter must possess a current voter identification card issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI). 

    Also read: Gujarat Election 2022: Full list of Congress candidates

    Also read: Gujarat Elections 2022: BJP releases manifesto, promises 1 lakh jobs for women, hospitals, world class sports infra

    Also read: Gujarat Election 2022: How to check your name in the voter list/electoral roll

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  • Gujarat polls: Big setback for Congress as 11-time MLA Mohansinh Rathwa joins BJP

    Gujarat polls: Big setback for Congress as 11-time MLA Mohansinh Rathwa joins BJP

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    Gujarat Elections 2022: The Congress on Tuesday suffered a massive jolt as its senior leader and 11-time MLA Mohansinh Rathwa quit the party and joined the BJP. This comes just weeks before the elections in Gujarat, where the Congress has not been in power for the last 27 years. 

    Also Read | Gujarat Election 2022 Date: Full schedule, result, number of seats – All you need to know

    Rathwa, a prominent tribal leader, currently represents the Chhota Udaipur constituency in central Gujarat. In the last election, he saw a very close contest with BJP’s Jashubhai Rathwa but eventually won by just over 1,000 votes. In 2012 too, his victory margin was under 3,000 votes. 

    Leaders of some influence leaving the party have become a regular phenomenon in Congress. In the last election, the Congress had bettered its tally and won 77 of 182 seats. However, after losing the poll and having no directions from the central leadership, many leaders left the party.

    As of today, the Congress has 62 MLAs – 15 down from what it had got after assembly elections in 2017.     
    Among the key leaders who left the party in these five years are Jitu Chaudhary, Pradyumnasinh Jadeja, J V Kakadiya, Akshay Patel, and Brijesh Merja, among others. 

    In May this year, Congress leader Hardik Patel, who shot to fame after leading a massive Patidar protest against the BJP in 2015, quit the Congress and raised serious questions about former party chief Rahul Gandhi.

    In his resignation letter, Patel, who was handpicked by Gandhi and made Gujarat’s working president, said that the lack of seriousness about issues is a major problem with the Congress Party’s senior leadership. 

    “Whenever I met with the senior leadership, always felt that leaders were not really interested in hearing about problems concerning the people of Gujarat but were more engrossed on what messages they had received on their mobile and other such trivial things,” he had said. 

    Hardik Patel also said that the country was looking for solutions to issues like Ram Mandir, Article 370, and the implementation of GST but Congress only played the role of a roadblock and was always only obstructive.

    Gujarat will go to polls in two phases – December 1 and 5.

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  • Gujarat Assembly Election 2022 Date: Full schedule, result, number of seats; everything you need to know

    Gujarat Assembly Election 2022 Date: Full schedule, result, number of seats; everything you need to know

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    Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday sounded the poll bugle for Gujarat – the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The commission announced the dates for assembly elections, which will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will be held on December 1, while the second phase on December 5. The results will be announced on December 8.

    Gujarat elections: Here’s all you need to know

    Number of constituencies 

    Gujarat has 182 assembly seats out of these 13 are reserved for SCs and 27 for STs. The highest number of seats is in Central Gujarat (61), followed by Saurashtra-Kutch (54), South Gujarat (35) and North Gujarat (32). In the last poll, the BJP did well in South and Central Gujarat, while Congress gained space in the rest two regions. 

    Electorates and polling booths 

    The total number of electors as per electoral rolls is 4,91,17,308. Of these, 4,90,89,765 are general voters while 27,943 are service voters.  This time, the commission will set up 51,782 polling booths, 3.29 per cent more than what was in the last election held in 2017.

    Key parties in the fray

    The fight is expected to be between the ruling BJP and the Congress. However, the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) aggressive campaign is likely to make it a trilateral contest. The AAP’s claims that Congress could not defeat the BJP in the past 27 years and there is no visible sign that it will is gaining currency among the people. For BJP, which has been in power in the state for the last 27 years, the biggest challenge would be to quell anti-incumbency. Besides these three, five more parties are in the fray – Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Communist Party of India (CPI), Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). 

    How parties fared in the last election

    The BJP had won 99 seats, 15 less than what it had got in 2012. The Congress had bettered its tally to 77 seats, 16 more from the previous election when it could manage only 61 out of 182 seats. In the last election, the BJP secured 49.1 per cent votes while Congress had to settle with 41.14 per cent votes. Two seats had gone to BTP, one to NCP and three were independents.       

    Documents needed at the polling booths

    For identification of voters at polling stations, voter will have to present their election photo identity card or any other i-card – approved by the EC –  along with the photo voter slips. Voter can carry Aadhaar card, PAN card, passport, driving license, MNREGA job card, bank and post office passbooks, health insurance smart card issued under the scheme of the Ministry of Labour, smart card issued by the Registrar General of India under the National Population Register, pension document with photograph, service identity cards with photograph issued to employees by governments – central, state, PSUs, Public Limited companies – and official identity cards issued to MPs, MLAs.

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