Rajasthan polls: Congress to release its manifesto on Tuesday
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has already announced seven “guarantees”, or promises, to the people of the state if the party is re-elected
Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Corruption, dynasty and appeasement stopping India from becoming a developed nation, says PM in Rajasthan
Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: "Rajasthan ki yahi pukaar, aa rhi hai BJP sarkar' (Rajasthan is calling for BJP government). BJP has had a special relationship with the people of this region...Be it Congress ministers or MLAs, all are unruly," says PM.
Rajasthan polls: PM Modi holds road show in Bikaner
Modi, along with Union Minister and Bikaner MP Arjun Ram Meghwal, travelled in an open-jeep as people, assembled on either side of the road, greeted them.
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Will Pilot’s patient, low-profile strategy get him the CM chair?
Rajasthan Elections 2023: After his failed coup in 2020, Sachin Pilot had been on an on-again, off-again streak of rebellion against Ashok Gehlot. But since June this year Pilot has changed tack. He has refrained from potshots at Gehlot, suggesting Pilot is waiting patiently for the political winds to turn in his favour and trusting the Congress high command to reward him for loyalty
Assembly Elections 2023: The BJP’s messages in the current state polls
Assembly Elections 2023: The messaging has been tailored to various constituencies--national rejuvenation for some, Hindutva for core supporters, pointers to economic achievements for the elites, freebies to those left behind and also the caste card. But the prime minister being the face of the BJP in the state elections is expected to pay dividends in next year’s general election
Rajasthan Assembly Election: Bleeding Blue. World Cup stumps campaign plans
As Team India gets ready to take on Australia, screens are in short supply, so are party workers and supporters. Electioneering has been a sideshow ever since India qualified for the semifinals. It is after November 19 that campaigning is expected to pick up
Assembly Polls 2023: BJP has no policies, copied Congress' guarantees for agenda, says Kharge
"The BJP has neither the intentions, nor policies. The Congress has given concrete programmes for public welfare in the form of guarantees in Rajasthan and other states," Kharge said on microblogging site X.
Rajasthan assembly polls 2023: BJP promises wheat bonus, women safety and LPG subsidy
Releasing the 'sankalp patra' here, party chief J P Nadda also said that if the BJP forms the government in the state, a Special Investigation Team will be formed to probe paper leaks and other alleged scams in the Congress government.
Congress leaders united, party will win Rajasthan polls: Rahul Gandhi
In a brief interaction with reporters at the airport here, the former Congress president said, "We are together and will remain together. The Congress party will sweep the elections here (in Rajasthan)".
Assembly Elections 2023: Can smaller parties upset BJP, Congress calculations in Hindi heartland?
Assembly Elections 2023: Both SP and BSP in Madhya Pradesh in 2018 and BSP in Chhattisgarh in 2008 and 2013 played what can be said to have been crucial roles in the final seat tally in elections that were closely fought
Curtains down on MP poll campaign; 2,533 candidates in race for 230 assembly seats
The Congress, with 114 seats, emerged as the single largest party after the 2018 polls and formed the government with the help of BSP, SP and independent MLAs under the leadership of Kamal Nath.
Assembly Elections 2023: PM Modi’s visit to Birsa Munda’s village reflects the centrality of the tribal vote
Assembly Elections 2023: BJP is conscious that it has to recover its tribal base to avert a repeat of the 2018 result which favoured Congress. While the 2019 Lok Sabha elections showcased PM Modi’s clout in the tribal community, BJP is leaving nothing to chance, and hence this visit to a village in Jharkhand when the polls are elsewhere
Assembly polls 2023: PM makes big push in Hindi heartland with new scheme for vulnerable tribal groups
In his election rallies across poll-bound states, PM Modi has been seen reaching out to the tribal population several times. The mission pegged at Rs 24,000 crore will provide amenities, road and telecom connectivity and other facilities to the mariginalised tribes.
Rajasthan Assembly Elections: Rahul to return on Nov 16 as campaign trail reaches the last leg
Rahul Gandhi envisions stronger party prospects in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana, delegating campaigns to state leaders Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, say sources.
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Has Congress leadership given up on the state? No poll rally by Rahul Gandhi in last 47 days
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Ashok Gehlot lost favour with the Gandhis after his loyalists orchestrated a revolt against the Congress high command last year. Now Rahul Gandhi’s failure to visit the state is being interpreted in two ways: continuing displeasure and poor poll prospects
Assembly Elections 2023: Why unconditional cash transfers to women are here to stay
Assembly Elections 2023: There is justice in the poll promises that political parties are making to women voters, whose assertion at the polling booth in terms of turnout and independent choices is only too evident to these parties. Women are hindered in many ways in improving their economic condition – think of the abysmally low workforce participation rate and land ownership – and unconditional cash transfers provide a remedy through redistribution
Assembly Elections 2023: BJP’s three-man army of PM Modi, HM Shah and CM Adityanath is working to a plan
Assembly Elections 2023: The three top leaders are executing specific roles: PM Modi has the responsibility of countering the Congress party’s overtures to voters, home minister Amit Shah is marshalling the frontlines with sharp talking points and the backroom through faction management, while Yogi Adityanath is projecting the hardline Hindutva stance
Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Nitish remark on women insults the country, says PM in Madhya Pradesh rally
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: No leader of the INDI alliance said a single word against it...You are defaming the nation...People who think like this about women, can they do anything good for you, said Modi.
Amit Shah targets Gehlot at Rajasthan poll rally
Addressing a rally in Rajasthan's Kuchaman, he also attacked Gehlot over the issue of corruption and termed his government as the most corrupt.
Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: This 70-year-old labourer keeps fighting despite 30 defeats
I first contested in 1983 as no government took care of my family. They did not give us land for farming, I earned a livelihood as a labourer throughout my life, says Singh.
Amit Shah to hold rallies in three Rajasthan assembly constituencies on November 7
He said Shah will also attend a chaupal meeting in Bidiyad (Parbatsar).
Rajasthan elections: Before PM Modi comes campaigning, he sends ED, Income Tax and CBI: Congress chief Kharge in Jodhpur
Addressing a rally in Jodhpur in Rajasthan ahead of the November 25 assembly polls, the Congress president also said the prime minister is thinking of the poor now because it is election time.
Majority of sitting MLAs in 5 poll-bound states are crorepatis, many face criminal cases, shows data
Telangana MLAs are the richest of the five, and the state also has the maximum share of MLAs with criminal cases registered against them. No state has done too well when it comes to female representation.
Rajasthan assembly polls: Ashok Gehlot files nomination papers from Sardarpura seat
Sardarpura is seen as a Congress stronghold with Gehlot winning from the seat in all elections since 1998. He received 63 per cent votes in the 2018 assembly elections.
