3 min readSep 11, 2026 11:51 AM IST
Welcome to Gujarat Confidential, your inside track to the power corridors of the state. Today: From the CEC’s SIR remark and Shankersinh Vaghela’s electoral push to Congress’s Gujarat strategy and Surat’s plastic-for-Ganesha-idol drive.
‘12,000 Rajiv Gandhis’
Responding to a question on whether complaints regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) would be resolved before the next Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in his first public address in Gujarat, said, “Do you know how many Rajiv Gandhis would be there in my electoral database? Not less than 12,000.” Sitting in the front rows in the audience was another Rajiv Gandhi, who is the MD and CEO of Hester Biosciences and President of the Ahmedabad Management Association. He was also the host of the event. 
