Imran khedawala

• • • • Gujarat Congress MLAs request President to revoke decision to release convicts in Bilkis Bano case Gujarat Congress MLAs request President to revoke decision to release convicts in Bilkis Bano case Congress MLAs Gyasuddin Shaikh of Dariyapur and Imran Khedawala of Jamalpur, both from Ahmedabad, and Congress MLA from Wankaner Javed Pirzada, termed the release “extremely shocking”. — Gyasuddin Shaikh MLA (@Gyasuddin_INC) The letter, which Shaikh posted on his Twitter handle on Friday, said the MLAs decided to appeal to the President so that she could intervene and “direct” the Union Home ministry and the Gujarat government to “immediately withdraw the decision of the early release of the 11 convicts”.

Gandhinagar: Sparks flew in the Gujarat Assembly on the concluding day of the Budget session on Thursday with Congress legislator Imran Khedawala tearing a copy of the Bill proposed to amend the ' Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003. The bill, according to the right-wing BJP government in the state, is aimed at "forceful religious conversions", infamoulsy popularised as 'Love Jihad'. On the other hand, the critics say, the Bill tabled in the House by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is divisive and its real motive is to target Muslims. Also Read | While speaking on the provisions of the amendment Bill, Khedawala said: "Home Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja has only mentioned that the daughters of the Hindu community are targeted by men from a specific community. Daughters, be it from any religious community, will always be our daughters. "I too have over hundred testimonies of Muslim girls marrying into other religion. I am deeply hurt by the words of the minister." On hearing this, the Speaker of the House, Rajendra Trivedi, interrupted the Congress legislator but Khedawala stuck to his words. "Nobody can force anybody to marry into a specific religion and in no religion it is written to forcibly convert anyone to accept that. In this Bill, only one community is specifically targeted with words like 'Jihadi'. Also Read | "I opposite this Bill and I'm tearing down its copy," Khedawala said as he tore the copy of the Bill which he had in his hand. The gest...

TNN / Mar 26, 2022, 03:51 (IST) A total of 28,349 people were booked in the last two years for violating curfew imposed as part of Covid-19 restrictions in Ahmedabad city. In reply to imran khedawala, Congress MLA from Jamalpur-Khadia, the government said that no person was fined for the violation of curfew. TNN / Feb 09, 2021, 10:14 (IST) Congress MLA from Jamalpur Khadia, imran khedawala resigned as an MLA on Monday and handed over his resignation letter to the party. According to Khedawala, he took this step to register his protest over the party’s decision to give mandate to two more candidates on Sunday for the AMC polls, after all four official nominees had filed papers on Saturday. TNN / Apr 15, 2020, 04:47 (IST) The political leadership of Gujarat is keeping its fingers crossed on being able to avoid catching the Covid-19 disease after Congress MLA imran khedawala tested Covid-positive hours after he met CM Vijay Rupani and other ministers on Tuesday. However, Rupani insisted there was no need to panic as social distancing norms were followed during the meeting. TNN / Sep 23, 2020, 04:28 (IST) Four key bills were passed on the second day of the monsoon session of the state assembly on Tuesday. These are the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities (Amendment) bill, 2020, Industrial Disputes (Gujarat amendment) Bill, 2020, ‘The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2020 and ‘The Factories Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020. PTI / Apr 15, 2...

Ahmedabad, Dec 9 (PTI) Imran Khedawala of the Congress is the only Muslim candidate to be elected to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly in the just concluded polls, which saw the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win a landslide victory. The outgoing Assembly had three Muslim legislators, all from the Congress. Khedawala, the sitting Congress MLA from the Jamalpur-Khadia Assembly constituency in Ahmedabad city, won the election by a margin of 13,658 votes on Thursday to retain the seat. He defeated his nearest rival, Bhushan Bhatt of the BJP, in the Muslim majority constituency, where state president of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and former MLA Sabir Kabliwala was also in the fray. The Congress had fielded six Muslim candidates, including three siting MLAs. Of these, five candidates, including two MLAs, lost. In 2017, three of five candidates from the minority community fielded by the main Opposition party had emerged victorious. Muslims account for around 10 per cent of Gujarat’s population. Congress candidate and sitting MLA Gyasuddin Sheikh lost to BJP’s Kaushik Jain in the Dariapur Assembly segment of Ahmedabad district. Another legislator of the Opposition party, Mohammed Javed Pirzada, faced defeat in Wankaner in Morbi district at the hands of the saffron outfit. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate took away 53,110 votes and contributed in the defeat of Pirzada. In the Abdasa seat in Kutch district, Congress’ Muslim candidate Jat Mamad Jung was...

AHMEDABAD: “My assembly constituency includes Jamalpur, Khadia and Behrampura wards. After the high command selected four nominees for Behrampura, I conveyed the decision to them and all of them filed their nomination papers on Saturday. I was then informed that two more candidates have filed papers as Congress candidates from Behrampura wards,” said Khedawala. “I have submitted my resignation letter to Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president. I have been asked to wait till Tuesday. On Tuesday, if the party fails to address my grievances, I will tender my resignation to the Gujarat assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi,” he said. Khedawala said that at a time when a minority-dominant party is trying to make foray into minority-dominated areas, such moves will definitely affect the Congress prospects of winning elections. The Congress is facing dissent especially in the selection of candidates for the forthcoming local body elections in Gujarat. In the past also, leader of opposition in AMC, Dinesh Sharma had resigned following some differences. Sources close to Sharma said that the city has two groups of Congress MLAs —one from the far eastern parts of the city and the other from the Walled City areas. This had created a rift among the party MLAs, leading to Sharma’s resignation.

• • • • Gujarat Congress MLAs request President to revoke decision to release convicts in Bilkis Bano case Gujarat Congress MLAs request President to revoke decision to release convicts in Bilkis Bano case Congress MLAs Gyasuddin Shaikh of Dariyapur and Imran Khedawala of Jamalpur, both from Ahmedabad, and Congress MLA from Wankaner Javed Pirzada, termed the release “extremely shocking”. — Gyasuddin Shaikh MLA (@Gyasuddin_INC) The letter, which Shaikh posted on his Twitter handle on Friday, said the MLAs decided to appeal to the President so that she could intervene and “direct” the Union Home ministry and the Gujarat government to “immediately withdraw the decision of the early release of the 11 convicts”.

Gandhinagar: Sparks flew in the Gujarat Assembly on the concluding day of the Budget session on Thursday with Congress legislator Imran Khedawala tearing a copy of the Bill proposed to amend the ' Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003. The bill, according to the right-wing BJP government in the state, is aimed at "forceful religious conversions", infamoulsy popularised as 'Love Jihad'. On the other hand, the critics say, the Bill tabled in the House by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is divisive and its real motive is to target Muslims. Also Read | While speaking on the provisions of the amendment Bill, Khedawala said: "Home Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja has only mentioned that the daughters of the Hindu community are targeted by men from a specific community. Daughters, be it from any religious community, will always be our daughters. "I too have over hundred testimonies of Muslim girls marrying into other religion. I am deeply hurt by the words of the minister." On hearing this, the Speaker of the House, Rajendra Trivedi, interrupted the Congress legislator but Khedawala stuck to his words. "Nobody can force anybody to marry into a specific religion and in no religion it is written to forcibly convert anyone to accept that. In this Bill, only one community is specifically targeted with words like 'Jihadi'. Also Read | "I opposite this Bill and I'm tearing down its copy," Khedawala said as he tore the copy of the Bill which he had in his hand. The gest...

Ahmedabad, Dec 9 (PTI) Imran Khedawala of the Congress is the only Muslim candidate to be elected to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly in the just concluded polls, which saw the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win a landslide victory. The outgoing Assembly had three Muslim legislators, all from the Congress. Khedawala, the sitting Congress MLA from the Jamalpur-Khadia Assembly constituency in Ahmedabad city, won the election by a margin of 13,658 votes on Thursday to retain the seat. He defeated his nearest rival, Bhushan Bhatt of the BJP, in the Muslim majority constituency, where state president of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and former MLA Sabir Kabliwala was also in the fray. The Congress had fielded six Muslim candidates, including three siting MLAs. Of these, five candidates, including two MLAs, lost. In 2017, three of five candidates from the minority community fielded by the main Opposition party had emerged victorious. Muslims account for around 10 per cent of Gujarat’s population. Congress candidate and sitting MLA Gyasuddin Sheikh lost to BJP’s Kaushik Jain in the Dariapur Assembly segment of Ahmedabad district. Another legislator of the Opposition party, Mohammed Javed Pirzada, faced defeat in Wankaner in Morbi district at the hands of the saffron outfit. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate took away 53,110 votes and contributed in the defeat of Pirzada. In the Abdasa seat in Kutch district, Congress’ Muslim candidate Jat Mamad Jung was...

TNN / Mar 26, 2022, 03:51 (IST) A total of 28,349 people were booked in the last two years for violating curfew imposed as part of Covid-19 restrictions in Ahmedabad city. In reply to imran khedawala, Congress MLA from Jamalpur-Khadia, the government said that no person was fined for the violation of curfew. TNN / Feb 09, 2021, 10:14 (IST) Congress MLA from Jamalpur Khadia, imran khedawala resigned as an MLA on Monday and handed over his resignation letter to the party. According to Khedawala, he took this step to register his protest over the party’s decision to give mandate to two more candidates on Sunday for the AMC polls, after all four official nominees had filed papers on Saturday. TNN / Apr 15, 2020, 04:47 (IST) The political leadership of Gujarat is keeping its fingers crossed on being able to avoid catching the Covid-19 disease after Congress MLA imran khedawala tested Covid-positive hours after he met CM Vijay Rupani and other ministers on Tuesday. However, Rupani insisted there was no need to panic as social distancing norms were followed during the meeting. TNN / Sep 23, 2020, 04:28 (IST) Four key bills were passed on the second day of the monsoon session of the state assembly on Tuesday. These are the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities (Amendment) bill, 2020, Industrial Disputes (Gujarat amendment) Bill, 2020, ‘The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2020 and ‘The Factories Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020. PTI / Apr 15, 2...

AHMEDABAD: “My assembly constituency includes Jamalpur, Khadia and Behrampura wards. After the high command selected four nominees for Behrampura, I conveyed the decision to them and all of them filed their nomination papers on Saturday. I was then informed that two more candidates have filed papers as Congress candidates from Behrampura wards,” said Khedawala. “I have submitted my resignation letter to Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president. I have been asked to wait till Tuesday. On Tuesday, if the party fails to address my grievances, I will tender my resignation to the Gujarat assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi,” he said. Khedawala said that at a time when a minority-dominant party is trying to make foray into minority-dominated areas, such moves will definitely affect the Congress prospects of winning elections. The Congress is facing dissent especially in the selection of candidates for the forthcoming local body elections in Gujarat. In the past also, leader of opposition in AMC, Dinesh Sharma had resigned following some differences. Sources close to Sharma said that the city has two groups of Congress MLAs —one from the far eastern parts of the city and the other from the Walled City areas. This had created a rift among the party MLAs, leading to Sharma’s resignation.