Post-delimitation and the Keshubhai Patel factors have forced Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to restrategise his process of selecting candidates for the coming Assembly polls.

Sharp differences between the saffron top leadership surfaced on Friday with veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani declaring the party is not yet ready for early polls. On Thursday, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari had raised the cry “Delhi chalo” urging the BJP cadre to be ready for an early poll. Mr Advani also raised doubts about the BJP as a “credible alternative” to the Congress-led UPA.

“Leave sycophancy and prepare for polls as the Congress-led UPA government has lost its political authority,” was the message the BJP gave to its leaders on the first day of its national council meet

The BJP said on Wednesday that if it comes to power at the Centre it will scrap FDI in multi-brand retail, and urged its leaders to prepare for the “big objective” as the UPA has become a “sinking ship” whose allies were “seeking avenues to leave the government”.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured the BJP leadership that the saffron party will retain power in the state.

The BJP also moved a political resolution which accused the UPA of corruption, bad governance and step-brotherly treatment to non-Congress-ruled states.

While preparations are underway for the BJP national council meet in Surajkund, Haryana, the party is still awaiting a confirmation of participation from its Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who

Sensing that the Congress and BSP may try to get mileage out of the SC/ST promotion quota bill in the coming election battle in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and later in states including Chhattisgarh,

While Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is busy marketing 'brand Modi' and harping on about his commitment for the state, Saurashtra — a region dominated by the Patel community in his state — is be

While Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is busy marketing “brand Modi” and harping on about his commitment for the state, Saurashtra — a region dominated by the Patel community in his state — is being seen as a “danger zone” by the poll pundits for Mr Modi.