'Dharmendra was paying a little extra attention to me and she didn't like it.'
Mansukh Mandaviya replaced Anurag Thakur in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet.
This is Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's maiden Lok Sabha election, but political experts and voters feel he can easily win Porbandar seat in his home state Gujarat, despite the electorate facing some key issues like unemployment.
Campaigning for the first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections to be held on December 1 ended at 5 pm on Tuesday.
Close on the heels of the arrest of former minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the state has become a battleground for nationalist versus anti-nationalist forces."The war between nationalist and anti-nationalist demons has started in Gujarat. But remember this is Gujarat, where anti-nationalist forces will be defeated," Modi said. "If you think that you can frighten me, you should open your ears and listen," he said.
Hemant Shivsaran lists the number of projects the Modi government has announced since August to woo Gujarat voters.
Influential Patel community leader Parshottam Rupala, minister in the first Narendra Modi government Mansukh Mandaviya and three-time MP Darshana Jardosh, all from Gujarat, were among those inducted in the Union cabinet on Wednesday.
He is known for making memorable films like 'Baiju Bawra', 'Hariyali Aur Raasta' and 'Goonj Uthi Shehnai'.
Even as Tauktae's intensity weakened, it left behind a trail of destruction with as many as 13 people losing their lives in different parts of Gujarat, including Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Patan, Amreli and Valsad, officials said.
In times of social distancing, thousands of people are dying alone without a last glimpse of their loved ones who are unable to reach them.
While voters have been traditionally used to Kshatriya candidates in Bhavnagar, parties have fielded candidates from a different community this time around, and it would be interesting see how the divided city votes this time, says Haresh Pandya
Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rallies for Wednesday were cancelled.
The prime minister further alleged that the work of Congress while in power was mere pretentiousness.
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi had brought in the United States style 'primaries' with much fanfare to empower grassroot leaders to fight the Lok Sabha elections.
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