Gujarati Version Press Note 13.11.09 OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION Gujarat Vidhansabha, Gandhinagar. Press Note:                                                                           13.11.2009 Multimillion rupee Boribandh racket of Modi government Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Shaktisinh Gohil today exposed a multi million rupee racket in the Rural Employment Scheme. Gujarat Government made payments […]

 Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill is again in news. Governor has forwarded it to the President of India. The way it was passed by Gujarat Assembly without paying any heed to the suggestions for change in the earlier Bill made Governor not give his assent to the document. He […]

Am in Junagadh. From my room at Manoranjan Government Guest House,  Mt Girnar looked beautiful. Its not usual that I get up early but today when I did (before 7 am),  the Sun was playing hide and seek. Beautiful sight to see the Sun gradually Rise from the Mountains, this […]

Come October 31, we have functions to mark events relating to two great personalities who have played very important role in the making of India. They are Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Mrs Indira Gandhi. Like many other friends in public life, I also have to attend functions involving these two […]

Gujarat is a region of truth and non violence. Mahamta Gandhi’s legacy of truth and non violence has been assaulted by Modi Narendra every now and then, Now his latest lie has been exposed. It is shameful for a Chief Minister to have a country issue an advertisement disowning the […]

દિપાવલી પર્વ નિમિત્તે આપને તથા આપના પરિવારને તમામ પ્રકારે સુખ શાંતિ અને સમૃદ્ધિ પ્રાપ્ત થાય તેવી શુભ કામનાઓ પાઠવું છું. સ્નેહાધિન, શક્તિસિંહ ગોહિલ વિરોધપક્ષનાં નેતા, ગુજરાત

OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION Gujarat Vidhansabha, Gandhinagar. Press Note:                                                                  14.10.2009 The Centre has given Rs.114 crore for the BRTS project of Ahmedabad Last year under JnNURM scheme just four Gujarat cities got grant of Rs.49,769.32 lakh. BJP ruled NDA government did not give a single rupee for urban […]

OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION Gujarat Vidhansabha, Gandhinagar. Press Note                                                                              Dt. 9-10-2009             Supreme Court has issued notice to the Speaker of Gujarat Assembly. This follows a petition filed by the leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil about the autocratic and unconstitutional rejection of the application for the […]

હવેથી આપ ગુજરાતીમાં  પણ બ્લોગ વાંચી શકશો.

Kazakh girls love to be named after Indira GandhiAlmaty (Kazakhstan), Oct 5: *The charismatic late Indira Gandhi’s short half-a-day stay left such an impact on Kazakhs that many of them decided to name their daughters after her, with the trend still continuing. Every tenth girl in this country is called […]

Wake up Sid….now is the time Wonder what Ranbir Kapoor starer Wake up Sid has got do with Maharastra elections. Well it does. Some political parties_who are still to prove their abilities in the election arena want to just about grapple on anything that comes their way. So while they […]

(As Published in DNA on Gandhijayanti,Oct; 02,2009) A lot of people ask me about people I adore, who my role models are, whom I would want to emulate…. One of them is Mahatma Gandhi. Its 140 years that he was born and I find it amazing that he is still […]

Gujarat number one bubble bursts once again Recent report on the state of Indian states paints a poor picture of the development of Gujarat. It has once again shown that despite Chief Minister’s chant of Gujarat number one, my Gujarat is lagging behind many states. Gujarat is basically a state […]

Austerity beyond the media hype Whenever I switch on any news channel, I find some kind of debate or discussion on austerity. The entire focus is on Ministers and elected representatives particularly Members of Parliament. I really wonder the use of word austerity by the media for travel in economy […]

Gujarat Assembly, Descent of Democracy In the past few years Gujarat Assembly is gaining dubious distinction of a democratic institution that is being misused and abused by sheer power of numbers of members of the ruling party. The rules are misinterpreted to suit the whims of the Chief Minister and […]