Jignesh Mevani

Gujarat election results 2022: Here is what happened in five key seats

Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2022: According to the Election Commission's counting, BJP is leading in the state and is likely to cross the majority mark comfortably. Here are five key battles to

Gujarat court sentences MLA Jignesh Mevani to 6 months jail in 2016 case

Ahmedabad Metro Police Court on Friday sentenced Gujarat Congress working president and MLA Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to 6-month imprisonment following a 2016 case.

2016 Riots case: Gujarat Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani gets 6 months in jail

A court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced Gujarat Congress's working president and MLA Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to six months' simple imprisonment in a 2016 case of rioting. The case was related to a road blockade agitation staged by Mevani and his associates. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate P N Goswami, who also imposed a fine on Mevani and others, suspended their sentence till October 17 to enable them file appeals. The case was registered against Mevani and 19 others at the University police station here in 2016 for staging road blockade to press their demand that an under-construction building of the law department of Gujarat University be named for Dr B R Ambedkar. The First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 143 (unlawful assembly) and 147 (rioting) as well as sections of the Gujarat Police Act. One of the accused died during the pendency of the case. Mevani, a prominent Dalit leader, won the 2017 Assembly election as an independ

Bilkis Bano case: Activists will march 180 kms to protest convicts release

A group of social activists will take out a 'padyatra' (foot march) from Randhikpur in Dahod district of Gujarat to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to protest the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. The 11 were released from a jail in Godhra on August 15 after they were granted remission by the Gujarat government. The activists will march under the banner of 'Hindu Muslim Ekta Samiti' and cover the 180-kilometre distance between September 26 and October 4, with social activist Sandeep Pandey and MLA Jignesh Mevani set to participate along with 25 others, organising committee member Kalim Siddique said. The release of the convicts is a matter of shame in a country that is identified the world over for its spirituality and the values and virtues of Mahatma Gandhi, the group said in a release. "It is a shame that Gujarat, which produced a global stalwart like Mahatma Gandhi, is silent today on people who have committed heinous crimes," it added. There was need to speak out

Mevani hopes Cong would not project anyone as CM face in Gujarat polls

Mevani who is closely working with the Congress although he did not join the party officially, said the party should elect the face emerging from the people's movement

Even BJP govts haven't sent teams to study 'Gujarat model': Jignesh Mevani

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Saturday slammed the Left government in Kerala for sending a delegation of senior officers to study a system aiding good governance introduced by BJP-ruled Gujarat.

Tajinder Bagga and Jignesh Mewani: Making sense of bizarre arrests

Kejriwal's image of a middle-class son and brother, will begin to crumble if he is seen as inimical to the perceived interests of the majority. So, Bagga had to be challenged in such a dramatic mode

'Azadi march': MLA Jignesh Mevani, nine others get three-month jail

Though the Mehsana district authorities had granted permission earlier, it was revoked later on

Mevani calls Gujarat government 'useless' on his return from Assam

Jignesh Mevani arrived in Gujarat and hit out at the state's BJP government calling it "nikamma" (useless) for doing nothing when a legislator from the state was "kidnapped" and taken away.

My arrest pre-planned conspiracy designed by PMO, says Jignesh Mevani

"My arrest by the Assam police was a pre-planned conspiracy. It was in blatant disregard to protocol and rules for an MLA, Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani told reporters

FIRs filed against me in blatant disregard for rule of law: MLA Mevani

,A day after securing bail, Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani said here on Saturday that FIRs were filed against him in Assam in a "blatant disregard for the rule of law".

Jignesh Mevani gets bail in police officer assault case in Assam

Barpeta District and Sessions judge Paresh Chakraborty granted bail to Mevani on a Personal Recognisance (PR) bond of Rs 1,000 in the case filed at the Barpeta Road police station

Jignesh Mevani remanded to 5 days' police custody in second case in Assam

Mevani, an Independent MLA backed by the Congress, was first arrested on April 19 from Palanpur town in Gujarat, and was brought to Kokrajhar for tweeting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Jignesh Mevani re-arrested in Assam soon after court grants bail

The police from Barpeta district arrested Mevani again, but refused to disclose in which case the Gujarat MLA was re-arrested

Wrong precedent: Goa Congress condemns arrest of Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani

The Gujarat legislator was arrested on April 19 from Palanpur town in Gujarat after an FIR was registered against him in Kokrajhar

Assam court reserves order on bail plea of Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani

A court in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Sunday reserved its order on the bail petition of Independent Gujarat MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, and sent him to one day judicial custody.

Assam court rejects Jignesh Mevani's bail petition; sent to 10-day custody

In the controversial tweet, Mevani had reportedly requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure communal harmony during his recent visit to Gujarat

Cong continues stir over Mevani's arrest; AIUDF MLAs call on Guj legislator

The Congress on Saturday continued its protest outside Kokrajhar Police Station here, where Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was being held for his purported Tweet against the prime minister.

Assam court sends Congess MLA Jignesh Mevani to three-day police custody

A Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Assams Kokrajhar district rejected the bail petition of Independent Gujarat MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, and sent him to three-day police custody.

Assam police arrest Jignesh Mevani over tweet; Congress holds protest

Assam police arrested Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani from Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district and took him to the north-eastern state by air in the early hours of Thursday