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	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> It's battle of Patels in Keshubhai's former turf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Visavadar: A battle is on among the Patels for this former consituency of one of the tallest leaders of the community Keshubhai Patel, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being given a tough challenge to retain the seat of the ex-Chief Minister of Gujarat in the December 12 Assembly polls.
		Keshubhai Ambaliya of the Congress and Bipin Ramani, who is contesting as an independent following denial of ticket by the party are putting up a challenge to Kesubhai Bhalana, 'hand-picked' by Keshubhai Patel as the BJP nominee.
		Keshubhai Patel has so far not come to the constituency to canvass support for Bhalana but district BJP vice-president Manubhai Bhut said Patel would be vigorously campaigning there at the fag end, as it is a 'prestige' seat for the former Chief Minister.
	news.indiainfo.com /2002/12/10/10patel.html (549 words)

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		He is living for Gandhinagar, alongwith Gujarat Affairs incharge Vice-President Madanlal Khurana, Wednesday morning to speak to the MLAs individually to elicit their opinion and then convene the BJP legislature party meeting to unanimously elect the leader acceptable as the consensus candidate.
		Keshubhai handed over his resignation from the chief ministership addressed to BJP chief Jana Krishnamurthi to Thakre late Monday night in the Gujarat Bhawan.
		Keshubhai was shrewd in bringing to Delhi on Monday only his staunch supporters besides two fence-sitters -- Industries Minister Suresh Mehta and Narottam Patel -- when the leadership wanted to talk to the state leaders before firming up the decision.
	www.angelfire.com /in/jalnews/2001/02101.htm (799 words)

	GUJARAT AYURVED UNIVERSITY : Seminar Proceedings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Valedictory Function The Valedictory Function was organized on 7th January, 2001 with the august presence of Shri Keshubhai Patel, Hon'ble Chief Minister Government of Gujarat as the Chief Guest.
		Shri Patel said that the average age of male in Gujarat is 61.5 year and female 62.4 year whereas in other parts of the country it is up to 70 year.
		Chief minister of Gujarat Shri Keshubhai Patel being falicitated Hon.
	www.ayurveduniversity.com /semi4.htm (1090 words)

	Top BJP leaders meet Modi, Keshubhai
		Patel said he had telephoned Vajpayee and told him about the problems in the state unit of the BJP.
		These legislators, who have gathered under the leadership of Modi's predecessor Patel and have accused Modi of arrogance and an inability to command support, are demanding that he be replaced as soon as possible.
		When Patel was asked whether Modi would be replaced, he said it was difficult to reply at this juncture, but added that it was a matter of time and the party's top brass would decide on the matter.
	specials.rediff.com /news/2004/jun/24bjp1.htm (321 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage
		Cries of “Keshubhai tum aage bado, hum tumhare saath hain (Keshubhai you take the lead, we are with you)” and “Keshubhai zindabad” rent the air every time the chief minister attempted to speak about Sonia or Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
		Keshubhai was responsible for laying a water pipe which allowed Narmada water to irrigate our land.
		Indeed, the Patels of Kalsari village, which borders Patel’s constituency, were upset with him for usurping the Narmada plank from Patel.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1020916/asp/frontpage/story_1203478.asp (673 words)

	Patel sad with means the end
		Patel categorically refused to accept Governorship after he resigned as CM and said he will remain a party member and work for the party from Gandhinagar and Rajkot.
		Patel also said that he had been assigned no reason for his resignation and that he has done it at the behest of the party high command.
		Patel refrained from blaming Keshubhai for the poll debacle and alleged that media was to be blamed for creation of this negative image of former chief minister in the minds of the people.
	www.ahmedabad.com /news/2k1/oct/3patel.htm (441 words)

	A pracharak as Chief Minister
		Keshubhai Patel's style, which some people considered an arrogant one, also apparently alienated quite a few leaders in the BJP, who had earlier thought he was irreplaceable in view of the solid support he enjoyed among the Patel community.
		During his last few interactions with the central leaders in Delhi, Keshubhai Patel had even threatened to quit the party if he was not allowed to have a say in the choice of his successor.
		The central leaders were convinced that Keshubhai Patel had squandered his mandate of 1998 and no one of his choice would be able to stop the party's slide in the State.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1821/18210310.htm (881 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An entire generation of Patels who outgrew the confines of agriculture to fan out into industrial entrepreneurship, engineering and medicine had emerged and it was these that the BJP tapped.
		For five years, the Patels voted for the BJP because they thought their man was in the chair and would solve their problems,” he said.
		As Keshubhai was a “mitha manas” (a gentle soul) he was unseated, said Karsan Bhimji Patel of Kheradi village in Rajkot.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1021206/asp/nation/story_1454590.asp (586 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		The dissidents led by Purushottam Solanki, legislator from Bhavnagar, came out with the demand at a birthday party of veteran BJP leader A.K. Patel, considered close to Modi's predecessor Keshubhai Patel, at a farm house in Gandhinagar that turned to be a show of strength by Modi's critics.
		Keshubhai Patel, former Union Ministers in the NDA government Vallabh Kathiriya and Bhavna Chikhaliya, who lost recent the Lok Sabha elections in Junagarh, sitting MP from Surendranagar Soma Ganda, Maya Kodnani and former state Home Minister Gordhan Zadafiya, were present at the birthday party of A.K. Patel, a senior MLA from Mehsana.
		Keshubhai Patel is still smarting under his unceremonious ouster from the top post that paved way for Modi to come to the helm of affairs.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040528/main3.htm (397 words)

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		Keshubhai Patel did not accept the resignation, and the Bharatiya Janata Party's central leadership persuaded Suresh Mehta not to insist on leaving the Government.
		Keshubhai Patel, who was the Sangh Parivar's unanimous choice for Chief Minister, faces isolation in the party and the Parivar.
		Keshubhai Patel did not give Cabinet status to Modi's confidante, Anandibehn Patel, who is now the Minister of State for Education.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1520/15200390.htm (1482 words)

	Keshubhai Patel meets Venkaiah Naidu
		Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel on Monday met Bharatiya Janata Party chief M Venkaiah Naidu and is understood to have briefed him about the 'discontentment' among party legislators with regard to Chief Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and 'style of functioning'.
		Though formally the party maintained it was a 'courtesy call over a cup of tea', Patel's meeting with Naidu assumes significance in the backdrop of the central leadership taking a tough line against the dissidents.
		Patel, Modi's arch rival in the party, is also believed to have impressed upon Naidu to make one of his supporters as the state unit president of the BJP.
	specials.rediff.com /news/2004/may/31guj.htm (205 words)

	Journeyman Modi
		Many Patels are upset at the manner in which Keshubhai Patel was booted out.
		Keshubhai still has a large support base in the Saurashtra region, where the BJP has held 51 of the 58 Assembly seats.
		BUT both Venkaiah Naidu and Keshubhai Patel may well be jumping the gun by assuming that the BJP will return to power.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1920/stories/20021011003802600.htm (1365 words)

	Gujarat : Modi replaces Patel as CM after party tussle,Indian Politics, News Analysis, India News Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Patel, who was earlier in a defiant mood, succumbed to the pressure from the High Command to replace him.
		Patel had to suffer the ignominy of saying he would propose Modi’s name as his successor.A crestfallen Patel made his hurt evident, saying, ‘’I don’t know the reasons for the high command asking me to resign.
		Patel, who surprised many by his open display of displeasure even till the end, mellowed down.His number two, Suresh Mehta, had even kept his options open saying that it would be ‘’difficult’’ for him to work under Modi as chief minister.
	news.indiamart.com /news-analysis/gujarat-modi-replace-5075.html (1482 words)

	Party adopts Keshubhai Patel's parivartan as new theme song
		Gandhinagar, May 3: Even as dissidents are believed to be regrouping against chief minister Keshubhai Patel, the BJP leadership has adopted his parivartan theme and taken it to the national stage.
		Patel's election theme song had been adopted by outgoing president LK Advani in his `New BJP' speech in Delhi and now in Gandhinagar the national council has adopted it.
		Patel's coterie points out that over the past eight days he has progressed from the wheel chair to walker to a walking stick and would soon be on his feet.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980504/12450174.html (407 words)

	Ex-Guj CM's wife dies in major fire : Keshubhai Patel, residence, fire, wife, dead : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		IN SHOCK: Patel’s son-in-law, Shetal Patel said, "Keshubhai is in a state of shock".
		Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel’s wife, Leelaben (76), died in a major fire at his residence in Gandhinagar on Thursday morning.
		Patel’s son-in-law, Shetal Patel said, "Keshubhai is in a state of shock".
	www.ibnlive.com /news/exguj-cms-wife-dies-in-major-fire/22078-3.html (216 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Patel, a high profile leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a veteran Sakha of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh had been misleading the government on various such foreign visits to the USA and European countries.
		The CAG on his report to the Gujarat legislature, pointed out that Patel's on account of the trip to the US and the UK during the first week of July in 1999 was entirely on 'personal causes' but had been shown as official trip instead.
		Patel's version in reply, however, was that the CAG's observations were untrue and 'distorted.' He asserted that each trip was undertaken only after securing approval from the Central government.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Sep01/02/NAT5.html (551 words)

	rediff.com: Keshubhai Patel resigns as Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi top contender
		Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel has decided to resign on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation about his fate following the defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party in the recently held by-elections to the Sabarkanta Lok Sabha and Sabarmati assembly seats.
		While a high-level committee headed by BJP president K Jana Krishnamurthy is engaged in finding a replacement for Patel, party sources said BJP General Secretary Narendra Modi appeared to be the front runner to replace Keshubhai Patel.
		Of the total 117 BJP legislators in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, as many as 42 are from Patel community and a sizeable number are from Saurashtra region from where Keshubhai hails.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/oct/02guj.htm (270 words)

	The Hindu : Keshubhai Patel not to attend CMs' meet
		Keshubhai Patel, has decided to stay away from the meeting of the Chief Ministers convened by his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, Mr.
		Patel's decision was on the advice of the BJP Central leaders, particularly the Prime Minister, Mr.
		Patel had joined the other ``progressive States'' in writing to the Centre against the ``discriminatory'' recommendations of the Khusro Finance Commission which had already been approved by the Union Government and was being implemented.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2000/08/21/stories/02210005.htm (272 words)

	October 5, 2001 - October 5, 2001 :: News Archive :: Gujarat News at GujaratPlus.com
		HMEDABAD: Keshubhai Patel may have given in to the BJP central leadership's directive to step down from office and make way for Narendra Modi, but the powerful Patel community, which had been calling the shots during his tenure, may not take things lying down.
		BJP insiders say it is imperative for the party to keep Keshubhai Patel in good humour and repair the damage to some extent by nominating a Patel candidate as the state BJP president.
		"Keshubhai was a master in making promises, and if he did not work for the welfare of his own constituency, how could one expect him to improve things in Gujarat," he asked.
	www.gujaratplus.com /00-01archive/arc191.html (1916 words)

	October 1, 2001 - October 2, 2001 :: News Archive :: Gujarat News at GujaratPlus.com
		Patel has also been under fire because of poor handling of the post earthquake situation as there has been growing feeling that the relief measures were not handled effectively.
		The decision to replace Patel came after a two-hour long meeting Patel had yesterday with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee which was attended by Home Minister L K Advani, BJP President Jana Krishnamurthy, Vice President Madan Lal Khurana among others.
		Gujarat Industry Minister Suresh Mehta, who is number two in Keshubhai Patel ministry in the state, has left for New Delhi this morning following a summon by BJP high command, as the BJP leadership reportedly began an exercise to choose a successor to Keshubhai Patel.
	www.gujaratplus.com /00-01archive/arc201.html (1480 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Keshubhai Patel, a former Chief Minister, has shown willingness to take up the top job of the party in the state while Modi is pitching for his candidate for the post which is to be decided this month, party sources said.
		Party sources said representations were made by the Keshubhai Patel group members to nominate Patel as the next party president in place of Vaju Vala.
		"Keshubhai is a leader of masses and he can pull votes for the party and should be given chance to lead the party during the 2007 elections," the leaders told Apte.
	outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=423152 (537 words)

	Keshubhai Patel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Keshubhai Patel (born 1929) is a former chief Minister of Gujarat state in India from March 1995 to October 1995 and from March 1998 to October 2001.
		He was the one of the weakest Chief Minister gujarat saw after its' formation since 1960.
		On September 21, Keshubhai's wife Leela Behn Patel died in their home in Ahmedabad after an electrical fire broke out in the house's exercise room.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keshubhai_Patel (143 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Elections '98: Keshubhai Patel tells NRI supporters to hold back cheques
		Sources claim the Patel lobby supporting the former chief minister, particularly in Saurashtra, is now asking NRIs in the US to hold back their plans to fund the BJP in Gujarat till more members of the Patel community are given a chance to contest the assembly election.
		The Patel lobby is said to hold the state BJP to ransom by stating that NRI contributions to the party would dry up if Patel's supporters are not provided sufficient representation during the assembly election.
		Modi is said to be in touch with Patel to finalise the probable candidates for the assembly seats in the Saurashtra region.
	www.rediff.com /news/1998/jan/29patels.htm (528 words)

	India - News - Quake Relief To Cost Rs 175 Bn, Says Gujarat CM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Patel said he would be going to New Delhi on Friday to hold discussions with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Home Minister LK Advani and Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha to apprise them about the package deal.
		Patel said that the government would provide financial assistance ranging from Rs 40,000 to Rs 90,000 for rebuilding small units and Rs 140,000 to Rs 175,000 for rebuilding damaged houses in urban areas.
		Patel also appealed to national, international financial institutions and non-government organisations (NGOs) to come forward in big way to extend a helping hand to the earthquake-hit people.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/rehabilitation1.html (582 words)

	Talks can resolve power issue, not obstinacy: Keshubhai - The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Keshubhai said in a statement on Saturday, that "the government claims that it has held talks with the farmers 22 times, but it has never called me even once".
		Keshubhai who is considered a formidable leader among the Patels, created a flutter when he reacted to the eviction of the BKS from the MLA quarters in Gandhinagar by suggesting that, "if the centre can hold talks with Pakistan then why not with the kisan?"
		Patel said in his statement on Saturday that "only talks could bring about a solution to the convoluted issue of the farmers' agitation".
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-402558,prtpage-1.cms (294 words)

	The Hindu : National : Rebels rally behind Keshubhai Patel
		Patel and his wife, Lilaben, who underwent heart surgery in the United States, returned here on Monday after a long stay abroad.
		Patel, the disgruntled MLAs and MPs were expressing their "sentiments against the present State leadership." Mr.
		Patel said some leaders told him that "some attempts" were made to stop people from calling on him.
	www.hindu.com /2005/08/17/stories/2005081715101200.htm (531 words)

	Scene from the States :Keshubhai sworn in as CM, vows to probe corruption - The Asian Age
		Gandhinagar, March 4: Mr Keshubhai Patel was sworn in as the chief minister of Gujarat on Wednesday.
		He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by governor Krishnapa Singh at 5.30 pm at Raj Bhavan here: Senior BJP leaders Atal Behari Vajpayee, L K Advani, Delhi chief minister Sahib Singh Verma, Rajasthan chief minister Bhaironsingh Shekhawat and former state chief minister Suresh Mehta attended the swear in ceremony.
		Mr Keshubhai Patel spoke about the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory on Tuesday and termed it as the people's mandate for a clean and corruption-free government.
	www.bjp.org /news/ssgm05.htm (395 words)

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