MLA's Son wins cooperative bank vice-chairmanship despite facing charges of assaulting dalit leader
Rajkot: Jyotiradityasinh Jadeja, son of BJP MLA Geetaba Jadeja, was elected as the vice-chairman of Gondal Nagrik Sahakari Bank (GNSB) in Rajkot on Thursday. This election victory comes even as he remains embroiled in a legal case concerning the alleged assault and kidnapping of a Dalit leader.
The Gujarat High Court granted him bail in the case involving the assault of Sanjay Solanki, president of the Junagadh city unit of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), hours after his election. According to the FIR filed at “A” Division police station in Junagadh, Jyotiradityasinh Jadeja, along with 10 others, allegedly assaulted Solanki in May this year after the NSUI leader asked them to drive carefully in Junagadh’s Kalva Chowk area.
The FIR further alleges that Solanki was kidnapped, taken to Gondal, and threatened with a firearm before being dropped back in Junagadh. Ganesh and the other accused have been charged with attempt-to-murder, kidnapping, and under various provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Ganesh was arrested on June 5 and has been in judicial custody at Junagadh district jail since.
Despite being in jail, the 25-year-old contested the cooperative bank elections and was declared the winner on September 16. The newly elected board members met on Thursday to select the chairman, vice-chairman, and managing director of GNSB. Ganesh secured the vice-chairmanship uncontested, along with Ashok Pipaliya as chairman and Govind Parmar as managing director.
Ganesh’s bail conditions include a prohibition from entering the limits of Junagadh district for six months from the date of his release. His advocate, PB Khandheria, stated that the court order would be received on Friday, and they would then seek his release.
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Kangana Ranaut sparks row: Claims Gandhi made 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram' the national anthem
New Delhi: A significant political controversy has erupted following the Modi government's decision to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a move that has drawn sharp criticism from opposition parties. The row was further fueled by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, who, while defending the name change, erroneously claimed that Mahatma Gandhi had made the devotional song "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram" India’s national anthem.
The central government has rebranded the flagship rural employment scheme from MGNREGA to the "Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission," abbreviated as VB-G RAM G. The removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from the scheme has been termed an insult to the Father of the Nation by the Congress and other opposition parties.
When questioned by the media outside Parliament regarding the opposition's allegations, Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut defended the government's decision by invoking Mahatma Gandhi's devotion to Lord Ram.
"How is naming it 'Ram Ji' an insult to Gandhi ji?" Ranaut asked. "Mahatma Gandhi made 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram' the national anthem to organize the entire country. Therefore, this is an insult to Mahatma Gandhi? The government is fulfilling his dream by giving it the name of Ram."
Ranaut's claim regarding the national anthem was immediately seized upon by the opposition. Congress leader Supriya Shrinate shared the video of Ranaut’s statement on social media, tweeting sarcastically, "Come on brother, today we learned a new national anthem! The BJP is full of such gems."
Social media users also trolled the MP for the factual error. One user quipped, "Kangana ji forgot to mention that Bapu made this the national anthem after the country got independence in 2014," while another commented that the party finds people who "don't use their brains while forwarding WhatsApp messages."
Beyond the social media mockery, senior Congress leaders criticised the renaming on ideological grounds. Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took to X (formerly Twitter) to condemn the move.
"The biggest irony is that Mahatma Gandhi was a lifelong devotee of Lord Ram and said 'Hey Ram' in his last moments," Gehlot wrote. "Today, the central government is making a despicable attempt to sideline Gandhi ji under the guise of the same 'Ram' name (VB-G RAM G), which is highly condemnable."
मनरेगा का नाम बदलने की केंद्र सरकार की कवायद महात्मा गांधी के प्रति उनकी ओछी मानसिकता और असम्मान का प्रमाण है। सरकार पहले 'पूज्य बापू' के नाम का शिगूफा छोड़ती है और फजीहत होने पर अब 'विकसित भारत-गारंटी फॉर रोजगार एंड आजीविका मिशन (VB-G RAM G)' जैसा नाम थोपना चाहती है। बार-बार नाम…
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) December 15, 2025
गांधी जी ने ‘रघुपति राघव राजा राम’ को लेकर नेशनल एंथम बनाया था
— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) December 16, 2025
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चलो भाई आज नया नेशनल एंथम भी पता चला है!
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