Siddharth Patel

siddharth patel, the Congress candidate and son of late Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel, who was defending his seat in the family's pocket borough of Dabhoi, was the second richest candidate in these elections.

Chief minister Narendra Modi, who claims that the state is developing under his rule, is actually reaping benefits of the developments in the 1990 decade.

While the Congress rally in the city on Thursday to submit a memorandum over civic issues may have made many in the party feel proud as they put up a good show in the presence of the state party top brass, political circles here are debating what made leaders like siddharth patel and Shaktisinh Gohil to hold a protest regarding civic issues.

Former BJP MLA Balkrishna Patel, 66, joined the Congress on Sunday, alleging that despite his commitment and hard work, he was sidelined in the ruling party. Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor and former president siddharth patel welcomed Patel to the party.

Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls due later this year, former BJP MLA Balkrishna Patel joined the opposition Congress on Sunday, claiming he was sidelined in the ruling fold despite his hard work and commitment.

DABHOI, Vadodara district: His father is Chimanbhai Patel and his mother former Union minister Urmilaben Patel. So, what does the other party do to stop him?

Former GPCC president siddharth patel also came down heavily on the BJP government and said his party was in favour of granting reservation on the basis economic condition of people.

Senior Congress leader from Gujarat, Urmilaben Patel, is learnt to have met several senior Congress leaders in Delhi on Tuesday to protest against being deprived of the position of Himachal Pradesh governor.

Over 150 candidates have shown interest in contesting the upcoming assembly elections in the state from city's 12 seats on Congress tickets.

Rifts have been caused within the city congress party owing to a city-level co-ordination committee formed by state Congress chief siddharth patel some months ago.

Fight for Rajkot municipal elections reached its crescendo on Wednesday with the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president siddharth patel releasing the election manifesto.

The state government has decided that it will pay 30% more than the prevailing jantri rates for acquiring land for constructing canals under the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) project.

Cong heavyweight from Dabhoi, siddharth patel does not own a car, but he and his wife Virajben Patel jointly hold movable and immovable assets worth Rs 71.73 crore while their financial liabilities are worth 2.48 crore.

Congress heavyweight and the late Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel's son, siddharth patel and wife jointly own assets worth Rs 71 crore.This includes one car registered in his wife's name.

siddharth patel, Congress candidate and son of late Chimanbhai Patel, who was defending his seat in the family's pocket borough of Dabhoi, was the second richest candidate in these elections.

Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janta Dal may have distanced itself from the UPA, but its Gujarat unit has decided to support Congress.

The community leader gave an ultimatum of three days to Congress leaders to declare Rabari's name instead of Gadhvi for Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency.

All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi will address youth Congress workers at a meeting on Gujarat College grounds on Friday.

The state monitoring cell has busted a cricket betting racket and arrested four persons from the spot in Padra taluka. Cops raided the house of the accused on Thursday and caught them accepting and placing bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.

The IIT-JEE exam results this year have come as a welcome sign for many aspiring engineers. This is not only the best performance for Gujarat's students but also points at a paradigm shift - from business acumen and trade to technology and engineering.

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president siddharth patel on Sunday met relatives of the victims who died in the serial bomb blast ...

On Wednesday Hardik, the convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti, said he was waiting for the Congress to spell out how it would give quota to patidars under constitutional provisions, before extending support to the party.

Jacob Martin, former captain of Baroda Ranji cricket team, joined Congress on Tuesday.

In a major setback to the Congress, the state election commission (SEC) has rejected the party's demand to hold back the announcement of election results for six municipal corporations - Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar - before panchayat polls take place on October 21.