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The year gone by saw the emergence of many new faces in Indian politics, some of whom have left a lasting mark. Here is a look at some of the rising stars of Indian politics in 2017.
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The Congress chief held zone-wise "introspection meetings" here to ascertain reasons for the party's defeat.
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The achievements (of the government) were not meeting the aspirations of a great majority of the youth.
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The newly elected BJP MLAs of Gujarat met in Gandhinagar on Friday to choose the next chief minister in the presence Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and party general secretary Saroj Pandey at party headquarters 'Kamalam'.
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Rupani, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and other ministers visited Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar and handed over their resignation letters to the governor.
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In a male-dominated political arena women candidates were fielded and elected by a marginal number in Gujarat Assembly elections. Merely 13 women were elected to the Assembly this year, down from 16 women in 2012.
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The newly elected BJP MLAs of Gujarat are likely to meet in Gandhinagar on December 22 to elect their leader who would be the next chief minister of the key western state.
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Elections in India have time and again surprised us at the very last moment. While the BJP bagged 99 seats, Congress settled its tally at 77 seats. In Himachal Pradesh it was clean sweep by the saffron party but its CM candidate Prem Kumar Dhumal suffered a shock defeat.
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The Congress’ vote share in Gujarat has steadily increased from 32.8 percent in 1995 to 41.4 percent in 2017.
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Of the 182 newly-elected Gujarat MLAs, 47 have declared criminal cases against them, while 141 are crorepatis, says a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Tuesday said the 'acceptance' of Congress party will increase in states where it is directly pitted against BJP, after its good performance in the Gujarat elections.
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Of the 27 seats that the AAP contested, it lost 14 to the Congress and the rest 13 to the BJP.
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Rahul also called the "Modi model" a public relation stunt and that he has learnt a lot from Gujaratis in the past 3-4 months.
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Elections in India have time and again surprised us at the very last moment. Counting in Himachal Pradesh has ended with BJP bagging 44 seats while Congress has won 27.
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Elections in India have time and again surprised us at the very last moment. Counting in Gujarat has ended with BJP bagging 99 seats while Congress has won 77.
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The party workers and supporters were seen dancing and smearing each other with 'gulaal' while celebarting the "historic day". Some were also carrying posters of party president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Here's a glimpse of the political pictures of the day
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The Uttar Pradesh government recently approved a draft of a UPCOCA bill which was on the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) to combat land mafia, mining mafia and organised crime.
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BJP managed to retain Gujarat by a narrow margin and snagged Himachal Pradesh from Congress on Monday.
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Rahul Gandhi didn't upset the BJP's applecart, but provided reason enough to believe that he could well do so in less than 18 months from now.
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PM Modi lauds people's 'commitment' to reforms, while Hardik Patel pins the blame on 'hacked' EVMs.
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The trends and results available for all the 182 seats of the Gujarat Assembly at 1700 hours showed the BJP won 75 and was leading in 24, while the Congress bagged 70 seats and its candidates were ahead of rivals in 7 constituencies.
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The BJP, which has been in power in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state uninterruptedly since 1998, had won 155 seats in the last Assembly polls in 2012.
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Such a percentage of the voters is still not a small number for either of the parties to ignore. With two majority parties in a state, a voter share of anywhere between these percentage can crucially swing the polls in the favor of either party.
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"It is a matter of satisfaction that the Congress has achieved a great success in improving its tally in the Gujarat election. I would congratulate Rahul Gandhi for his untiring efforts," Yadav said.
