During the pendency of the petition, then Kutch Deputy Collector passed an order in June 2013 granting additional 387 hectares and 80 acres of government land for the purpose of gauchar, subject to conditions.
With Union Minister Parshottam Rupala contesting a direct election over two decades after he lost to a young Dhanani in the Assembly polls, the Congress leader is back from self-imposed political exile
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, among 11 states and Union territories, Gujarat witnessed a voter turnout of 64.5 per cent – lower than the national average of 67.4 per cent.