#Gujarat Election Results 2017

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The Petrifying Situation of the Indian Media

India ranks so badly for press freedom because much of the media has simply stopped doing its moral job, and, as a culmination of facts, journalism is in some serious trouble in the world’s largest democracy. I’m afraid the consequences could be dire.

A cluster of mics of different channels of India's television media, accountable for shaping the social and political thoughts for the most of the country's population.

March 6, Vinesh Kunhiraman, The Media One anchor, goes on air, just like any other day in the office, about to tell his channel’s five million viewers in Kerala about the death anniversary of a famous comedian and the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic.

But just a few minutes into the broadcast, he sees the managing editor rushing towards the studio floor gesturing desperately. As soon as Kunhiraman realizes that something’s not right, his image dissolves into a blue screen, a message shows up on the screen saying that there’s no signal and that they regret the inconvenience. The channel’s uplink, all of sudden, goes dead.

Actually, this was no technical difficulty. The channel was cut off as a consequence of order issued by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to block the channel for 48 hours, because it had covered February’s biggest news story -- mob attacks on anti-CAA protesters and in Muslim-dominant areas of Delhi, which took place just a few days after the result of Delhi’s Assembly Elections, which ultimately flared into a broader unrest and the Delhi Riots --  in a way that seemed “critical towards Delhi Police and R.S.S.,” the order said.

This shows a glimpse of how tolerant the government of world's largest democracy actually is about it’s criticism, despite many of the government ministers and the Prime Minister Modi himself stating that he wants the government to be criticized as it makes a democracy stronger and motivates him to work better.

WIDE URGE TO ADVERTISE “POSITIVE STORIES”

PM Modi addressing the nation amidst the coronavirus pandemic and about the government’s steps to address it.

Just before he announced the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown, PM Modi met with top news executives and urged them to publish “inspiring and positive stories” about the government’s efforts. Then, after the lockdown stranded half a million migrant workers, with some dying along the highways, government lawyers persuaded the Supreme Court to order all media to “publish the official version” of coronavirus developments, although outlets are still allowed to carry independent reporting.

A large section of leading broadcasters were quick to welcome this decision of the apex court, but left many intellectuals with questions on India’s constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech and freedom of press.

India’s media universe is vast, perhaps the biggest in the world: More than 17,000 newspapers, 100,000 magazines, 178 television news channels and countless websites in dozens of languages. Thousands of Facebook pages call themselves news publishers, and YouTube is filled with local bulletins on everything from real estate trends to police raids.

Under immense pressure from the government, many media owners have fired their journalists who have criticized the PM and his government, and asked their media houses to not to run stories of hate-crime trackers that may embarrass the government or the ruling party. Instead, media houses have been asked to, and have been running what is being called “positive and inspiring” stories so that a “healthy environment” is being maintained throughout the country, and that could actually lead to a number of conclusions from various points of views.

This is so evident at the time of the coronavirus pandemic, where media houses have been given official orders to run the “official versions of the stories so that people do not panic”. Indian media has been constantly pressing on to project the fact the fact how India have been tackling the coronavirus pandemic outbreak way better than the much developed western countries, but not many compared, what we should call, the “other statistics” -- the amount of daily covid tests conducted, and its comparison with the same countries it claims to be performing better from. 

Media, being the fourth pillar in any democracy, is morally obliged to present the facts in the way they should, in order to be in the best interest of the people as a whole. Even the academic study of journalism has part where it teaches the students, or the future journalists, to see government’s policies and steps with suspicion, as if media starts supporting government everywhere in any democracy, things could turn out to be disastrous, yes of course it is evident.

They can only ask PM about how much does he sleep, from where does he get the motivation, how much of a fakir he is. And this is the same person who left an interview with just three minutes into it because he was being asked bitter questions about his role during the 2002 Gujarat Riots, Modi was being interviewed by Karan Thapar then, and has not given any such bitter interview ever since even after becoming the Prime Minister of India, and has not even indulged in any press conferences but one, that too just before the 2019 Lok Sabha Polls, in which he did not answer a single question, in fact, gestured many to Amit Shah to answer.

Instead, days before 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi gave an "non-political" interview to a Bollywood actor, Akshay Kumar, in which he was asked questions like "how does he have his mangoes".

STRATEGICALLY CONTROLLING THE  COUNTRY’S THOUGHT PROCESS

It is a fact, even is a part of academic structures in schools, that Adolf Hitler ran a hate propaganda against the Jews for his political gains, most probably fulfilled his personal desires too through it, and eventually built such a large campaign that he was able to convince millions of Germans that a clear minority population composition of 6 million Jews were a threat to Germany and it’s integrity, and that to eradicate and eliminate them by killing them in large numbers and fleeing them was the only possible way to save Germany.

At first, this sounds outlandish for any democracy, as to solve differences between communities, especially by the side of government, rather sounds pretty un-democratic. But the fact that Hitler was able to convince this as only possible way out is very intriguing, as he off course had a popular public support. How was he able to do that?

Adolf Hitler addressing the people in a rally

In Hitler’s Nazi Germany, media was censored by the government, as a result of which what the media can open as news in public domain was solely controlled by the Hitler’s government, which led to media only praising Hitler as Germany’s Savior and projected every person who criticized Hitler as a traitor, giving Hitler complete power to prove so, and execute him. The whole anti-Jewish sentiment was a result of years of propaganda run by the Hitler’s media to earn a wide public support to execute his dangerous plans and unleash havoc.

Seems familiar? A considerable section of the world society sees the same signs repeating in India based on religious grounds. Starting from near-end of 2014, India’s media has run a large scale propaganda based on religious grounds, resulting in instilling of hatred against the largest religious minority in India, and convincing people that they do not belong here. As a result, India has seen a sudden upsurge in mob lynchings based on communal lines, a strong hostility against sections of society, challenging the integral character of India’s Unity in Diversity and it’s very traditional secular character.

CAPTURING THE STILL “FREE VOICES”

The current NDA government and PM Modi are backed up by an army of online allies who discredit and harass independent journalists; female journalists, in particular, have been besieged with abuse and rape threats. And the police say Hindu nationalists were behind the 2017 murder of Gauri Lankesh, a female newspaper editor hailed as one of India’s most crusading journalists.

And for the most part, Indian news outlets have knuckled under, concluding that since much of the public supports the prime minister, they should, too. Even skeptical journalists censor themselves, afraid to be branded anti-national by a government that equates patriotism with support for PM Modi.

The Modi government has been particularly concerned about broadcast media, which reach into every corner of the country. In such a scenario, months before 2019 elections, an ABP journalist, named Punya Prasun Bajpai, questioned the results of government’s scheme of providing financial help to farmers, and broadcasters stated that the broadcast of the show was being interrupted in various parts of the country until the ABP journalist was being asked to leave days after the incident. 

There are numerous such examples of journalists and reporters being left out and asked to leave by the broadcasters, so that they’re not being branded as anti-nationals, or lose sponsors or afraid that cases might be filed against them.

Arnab Goswami, from the Republic, hosting his debate program

Arnab Goswami of the Republic TV has come out be one of the most prominent Right wing, pro-government journalist in recent times, with constant praises for PM Modi, his government and his policies and of course his ideologies, and has constantly questioned the opposition for every misdeed in the country. He accused the Congress and Sonia Gandhi of sending goons to attack him in April.

Ravish Kumar, NDTV, in between his daily debate program

Ravish Kumar of NDTV, another popular journalist, this time one who has been critical of government, not only during the NDA tenure, but a hard critical of UPA government too. Being a hard critical of PM Modi and Amit Shah, he has been abused constantly on social media and death threats for him and his family, and the Modi and Shah’s BJP has now boycotted Ravish for years, by not sending any spokesperson in his show.

PM Modi, after taking over the PMO, gave his very first interview to Arnab Goswami, and Arnab has been backing up with frequent interviews of PM Modi, and his senior ministers.

Ravish won the Ramon Magsaysay Award, also known as Asia’s Nobel, in 2019. Even after this, no other channel even covered this achievement of Indian media. Many speculated that had Goswami win the Ramon Magsaysay, would PM Modi, or any of the senior ministers or his senior party members have congratulated him, or tweeted the same? Because not a thing even close to this happened.

THE CURRENT MILIEU

An usual Production Control Room of a news channel, responsible for working behind what we see on air

It is very much evident that the Indian Media is in a state of crisis, it simply ‘cannot speak the truth to the power’. From not being vocal about about how big a blundering failure the 2016 demonetization was and the dent it hit on the economy, to constantly attacking the opposition rather than questioning the power, to reporting from the AC studios and not about the situation from the ground, to initially having ignored the migrant laborer's crisis and much more, all this suggests that from the view of the best interests of a tolerant democratic nation, Indian Media has had been in a deep state of crisis.

If it had not been the case, no journalist in any democracy, can openly criticize the voters on live television of being freeloaders, anti-national and being abused for not electing those in central government in a state assembly election, and walk free without even a complaint. Sudhir Choudhury of Zee Media did the very same back in February after the results of the Delhi State Assembly elections, having called a democratically elected Chief Minister as a terrorist.

No wonder why India has further slipped in the latest Press Freedom Index Rankings to 142nd Rank out of a total of 180 countries, very close to Pakistan, ranked 145th, the only comparison most of the Indian Media understands.

If ever our future generations are allowed to look back upon how India lived in the hallucination of being in its best of times what actually also could be a very strong contender of being one of the most dark times in the history of Independent India along with the 1975 Emergency, Indian Media of the current times would also have to bear a lot of credit for the same, along with many strong names both in the government, and the government institutions.

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Modi wave saves BJP's blushes in Gujarat as Congress makes big gains on Business Standard. BJP might take solace that its vote share has increased from 47.85% in 2012 to 49% but over a dozen seats went down the wire

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Congress improves tally in Gujarat, party leaders laud Rahul's leadership

Congress pioneers on Monday said the gathering's enhanced constituent execution in Gujarat was the aftereffect of their new boss Rahul Gandhi's viable initiative and the start of his political story. While Kamal Nath brought up that Gujarat is a BJP bastion and Shashi Tharoor valued the way that the "voyage" had been great, Renuka Chowdary hailed Gandhi for his "splendid mediation".

Each race has its own message. Gujarat has been the BJP's bastion. It is the home state ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi. "The Congress' count has gone up there, while the BJP's numbers have fallen. This is the begin of Rahul Gandhi's political story," senior Congressleader Kamal Nath told journalists outside Parliament.

Renuka Chowdary favored him.

"Congress has done splendidly. Our quality has expanded. Ethically, it has been a splendid intercession of Rahul Gandhi," Chowdary said. She likewise blamed the executive for deferring the winter session in perspective of the get together surveys and taking individual swipes at resistance pioneers amid the survey battle, denoting an "extraordinary failure" out in the open talk.

The hop in the Congress count, as per patterns, was because of Gandhi's "extremely powerful" battle in the state, Shashi Tharoor included.

"We might not have achieved the goal, but rather our excursion was great," Tharoor said. As indicated by most recent patterns on the Election Commission site, the BJP was driving in 102 get together fragments, while the Congress was ahead in 74 seats…Read More 

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Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2017: BJP leads in 103 seats, Rupani wins Rajkot West

The BJP is driving in 107 seats and the Congress in 73, according to the patterns accessible after the main hour of tallying

According to the patterns accessible for 182 seats, the BJP is ahead in 107 seats, while the Congress applicants have a slight edge over their BJP adversaries in a couple of electorates. The NCP is driving on one seat.

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BJP Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was prior trailing after the check of postal tallies, is currently driving in finished Congress' Indranil Rajyaguru in Rajkot West seat by 22,000 votes.

In any case, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel is trailing from Mehsana against Congress applicant Jivabhai Patel by 3,000 votes.

Congress pioneer Arjun Modhwadia is trailing in Porbandar by only 50 votes in the wake of checking of three rounds, against BJP pioneer and fisheries serve Babubhai Bokhiriya.

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Gujarat, Himachal election result LIVE: BJP leads; Rupani wins Rajkot West

The BJP is leading in 107 seats, while the Congress nominees are ahead in 74 of Gujarat's 182 seats, show the latest trends.

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who earlier trailed behind his Congress rival Indranil Rajyaguru in early trends, has now taken an unassailable lead in the Rajkot West seat.

The elections for 182-seat Assembly were held on December 9 and 14, after an acrimonious campaign, which was dominated by a face-off between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi. In the 2012 elections, the BJP had won 115 seats while the Congress emerged victorious on 61 seats. The BJP has been in power in the state since 1995, winning consecutive elections in the home state of Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

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In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP inched ahead of the ruling Congress. The trends emerging from counting centres showed BJP candidates were ahead in 42 of the state's 68 seats, while Congress nominees were in the lead in 22.

The verdict will decide the fate of 337 candidates including Chief Ministerial nominees Virbhadra Singh (Congress) and Prem Kumar Dhumal (BJP). A total of 37,83,580 people voted in the hill state -- a record 75.28 per cent polling.

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The exit polls also predicted that the BJP would wrest Himachal Pradesh from the Congress. As reported earlier, all survey agencies, barring ABP-CSDS, predicted a sweep for the BJP in the hill state, where the elections were held on November 9. The ABP-CSDS survey predicted a BJP victory, with the Congress running it close in the 68-member Assembly.

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Gujarat Election Results 2017

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The two-phase election for 182 seats of Gujarat Legislative Assembly was held on December 9 and 14 December.ruling political parties of Gujarat are BJP and Congress. The counting of votes has begun today.seems like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government in Gujarat for the sixth time. bjp is leading in 103 seats in Gujarat.While Congress Was ahead in 76.

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Gujarat, HP Assembly Elections Results 2017!

Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Vote Counting begins at 8 AM. Stay tuned for Results and Latest Updates. Election Held for 182 seats in Gujarat and 68 seats in HP. Exit Polls favored results for ruling BJP in both states. But Congress hoping for a different result.  Gujarat (182) Party      Won  Lost BJP          –       – Cong +    –       – Others      –       – HP (68) Party   …

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Gujarat Loss ‘Very Sad Reflection On The State Organisation’: Congress’ Jairam Ramesh

Gujarat Loss ‘Very Sad Reflection On The State Organisation’: Congress’ Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh said the Gujarat results was a time for contemplation and “to make tough decisions on state leadership”. New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh called massive drubbing of his party in the Gujarat Assembly election results a “very sad reflection on the states organisation” bringing in the fact that “in 2017 we had restricted the BJP (Bharatiya Janata party) to less than a 100, it…

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Gujarat election result Live 2022: BJP's biggest victory in Gujarat

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Gujarat election result: Gujarat Assembly Election 2022 Results, Chunav Parinam Gujarat Live: Counting of votes is going on for the elections held on 182 assembly seats in Gujarat. While the BJP has gone ahead of the majority in the initial trends, the condition of the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party is bad. Compared to 2017, this time there was less voting in both the phases. In the first…

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Gujarat votes on December 1, 5; BJP got nearly half the votes last time

Gujarat votes on December 1, 5; BJP got nearly half the votes last time

On Thursday, the Election Commission announced the poll schedule for the Gujarat Assembly elections, to be held on December 1 and 5, with 4.9 crore voters casting their ballot. The results will be declared on December 8, along with Himachal Pradesh, which votes on November 12. Like this time, Assembly elections were held in Gujarat in two phases in 2017 and 2012 as well. The BJP saw its number…

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Election results endorsement of PM Modi's leadership, govt policies: BJP on Business Standard. Minister Giriraj Singh termed the result Rahul Gandhi's first defeat as Congress president and asserted that his charisma did not work

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Gujarat result LIVE: BJP ahead in 96 seats, Congress in 82; market crashes

The BJP is leading in 107 seats and the Congress in 73, as per the trends available after the first hour of counting.As per the trends available for 182 seats, the BJP is ahead in 107 seats, while the Congress candidates have a slight edge over their BJP opponents in a few constituencies. The NCP is leading on one seat.

 BJP Chief Minister Vijay Rupani

, who was earlier trailing after the count of postal ballots, is now leading in over Congress' Indranil Rajyaguru in Rajkot West seat by 22,000 votes.However, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel is trailing from Mehsana against Congress candidate Jivabhai Patel by 3,000 votes.Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia is trailing in Porbandar by just 50 votes after counting of three rounds, against BJP leader and fisheries minister Babubhai Bokhiriya.

Congress' Alpesh Thakor is leading in Radhanpur seat against Lavingji Thakor of BJP.Senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil is trailing against BJP's Virendrasinh Jadeja from Mandvi seat.State BJP chief Jitu Vaghani is leading over Dilipsinh Gohil of Congress in Bhavnagar West.The elections for 182-seat Assembly were held on December 9 and 14, after an acrimonious campaign, which was dominated by a face-off between Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi…Read More

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Gujarat Bypoll Consequence Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani More potent In State

Gujarat Bypoll Consequence Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani More potent In State

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After the results, Vijay Rupani said bypoll win was a “trailer” for 2022 state assembly polls (File)

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The BJP, which had managed to retain power in Gujarat with a slender majority in the 2017 Assembly polls, has now improved its position ahead of the 2022 state elections by winning all eight seats in the bypolls held last week.

The bypoll results announced on…

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Gujarat Bypoll Outcome Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani Stronger In State

Gujarat Bypoll Outcome Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani Stronger In State

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After the results, Vijay Rupani said bypoll win was a “trailer” for 2022 state assembly polls (File)

Ahmedabad:

The BJP, which had managed to retain power in Gujarat with a slender majority in the 2017 Assembly polls, has now improved its position ahead of the 2022 state elections by winning all eight seats in the bypolls held last week.

The bypoll results announced on Tuesday has…

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Gujarat Bypoll Outcome Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani Stronger In State

Gujarat Bypoll Outcome Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani Stronger In State

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After the results, Vijay Rupani said bypoll win was a “trailer” for 2022 state assembly polls (File)

Ahmedabad:

The BJP, which had managed to retain power in Gujarat with a slender majority in the 2017 Assembly polls, has now improved its position ahead of the 2022 state elections by winning all eight seats in the bypolls held last week.

The bypoll results announced on…

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Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2017: BJP leads in 103 seats, Rupani wins Rajkot West on Business Standard. BJP ahead in 103 seats for 182 seats, while Congress ahead in 77 seats and NCP leading on 1 seat. Know more updates on Gujarat election results 2017 or Gujarat poll results.