Rajasthan polls: BJP announces names of candidates for 18 remaining seats
The lists include some fresh faces, including a journalist and a businessman.
Assembly Elections 2023: Will BJP decision to not project CM faces help or hurt?
Assembly Elections 2023: Past surveys and vote share data from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh indicate that a CM face has helped BJP only when the leader’s personal popularity is of a higher order than the party’s vote share. A pre-poll survey of the current elections suggest Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Raman Singh and Vasundhara Raje are trailing their party in popularity, suggesting they aren’t net votecatchers any more
Rajasthan Election: BJP releases fourth list of candidates
The BJP has fielded Ramniwas Meena from Todabhim assembly seat and Swaroop Singh Khara from Sheo seat. So far, the party has announced candidates on 184 out of the 200 seats in the Rajasthan Assembly.
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Voting day, results schedule, frontrunners. All the details
Rajasthan assembly elections 2023: With Gehlot, the Congress hopes to turn a three-decades-old trend of Rajasthan voters shifting between the BJP and the Congress. Gehlot is betting on welfare schemes and his personal popularity to see the party through.
Assembly Elections 2023: BJP dares Congress to bat on its Ram Mandir poll pitch
Assembly Elections 2023: Union home minister Amit Shah has sent out a loud declaration of intent by raising the Ram Mandir inauguration at Kamal Nath’s Chhindwara. Apart from political rhetoric from PM Modi and HM Shah, the activity at the grassroots – mobilising people in batches of 25 from each village to visit Ayodhya – is a sure sign of how the discourse around the temple will play out at every tier of society
Elections 2023 Highlights: BJP holds CEC meeting to discuss Rajasthan, Telangana poll plans
Assembly Elections 2023 Highlights: Rahul Gandhi, who visited Telangana on November 1, promised to "return the money to the people of Telangana that has been looted from them".
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Five regions in the state but Marwar and Dhundhar with 60% of seats matter most
Rajasthan elections 2023: In 2018, Congress made big gains in these two regions. 50 of the 78 seats it added in 2018 from its meagre 2013 tally of 21 came from the Marwar and Dhundhar belts, which together account for 119 seats. But unlike Mewar and Harouti regions which stayed with BJP even when it lost in 2018, the other three: Marwar, Dhundhar and Shekhawati have a tendency to flip. So Congress has a tough road ahead
Assembly Elections 2023: Congress relies on surveys to curb internal tussles over ticket distribution
Assembly Elections 2023: While factions retain their sway over the Congress at the state and district levels, the institutionalising of surveys to identify candidates with the greatest winnability has introduced a new dynamic in the bargaining between the high command and regional satraps. The coming elections will reveal the efficacy of the process
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Can Gehlot’s aggressive avatar that laid Congress high command low, win him voters?
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Ashok Gehlot’s combativeness grew with his well-received welfare schemes and the 2020 success in outfoxing the BJP attempt to unseat him. The biggest statement of his new avatar was the ruthless takedown of the Congress high command attempt to replace him in September 2022; but the last act in that play will be written in the next few days
Ashok Gehlot on 2020 protest l Helped Sachin Pilot becoming Union Minister l Rajasthan election
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot recently reflected on the 2020 rebellion against him, emphasising that those involved were unaware of his experience. While campaigning in his traditional Sardarpura constituency in Jodhpur, he showcased his three successful terms as the state's chief minister. In a recent CNN-News 18 interview, Gehlot disclosed his role in assisting Sachin Pilot in becoming a Union minister during his tenure as Chief Minister. Gehlot also stressed the importance of moving past mistakes and forgiving
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Sachin Pilot accuses BJP-led Centre of misusing agencies for political gains
Congress leaders must take inspiration from Rahul Gandhi, who has faced all the challenges. There was nothing for Congress leaders to fear or feel intimidated about. Raids are being carried out because elections are around the corner, said Sachin Pilot.
ED summons Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's son in FEMA case, searches premises of others
The summons are linked to the recent ED raids against Rajasthan based hospitality group Triton Hotels & Resorts Pvt. Ltd., Vardha Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and its directors and promoters Shiv Shankar Sharma, Rattan Kant Sharma and others
Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: Here's what Priyanka Gandhi says on unemployment in India
The BJP did not want to roll back the farm laws because it had planned to cause losses to farmers and help the industrialists it has been favouring since it came to power, Priyanka Gandhi alleged.
Assembly elections: Newton actor Rajkummar Rao appointed Election Commission's national icon
Earlier personalities such as Pankaj Tripathi, Aamir Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and MC Mary Kom were appointed national icons by the poll body.
Priyanka Gandhi to make big announcement for homemakers in rally today, says Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
The party had earlier announced that a programme would be organised to unveil the statue of former Union Minister Shishram Ola in Jhunjhunu district on October 25 and a public meeting has also been held in Ardavat village on the occasion.
Unemployment, poverty, low income per capita - Gehlot had more than just factionalism to tackle
A graphical snapshot of the economy of Rajasthan, India’s largest state, India, as it gears up for elections next month. Notably, Both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP are dealing with factionalism within their parties as the state grapples with unemployment, poverty and the digital divide.
Women electorate in focus as parties step up outreach in key state polls
With this bloc having emerged as crucial voter segment, the BJP and Congress in particular have pulled out all stops to bring them into their fold
Assembly Elections 2023: For Congress, a test of its OBC strategy before Lok Sabha polls
Assembly Elections 2023: Congress’s outreach to OBCs and its promise to carry out a nationwide caste count and remove the 50 percent cap on reservations for SCs/STs and backward classes will first be tested in the assembly polls before the Lok Sabha elections next year. But winning back the OBC vote from BJP won’t be easy
Congress announces 43 more candidates for Rajasthan polls
State ministers Govind Ram Meghwal and B D Kalla have been fielded from Khajuwala (Scheduled Caste) and Bikaner West, respectively. Minister of State for Higher Education Rajendra Singh Yadav was fielded from the Kotputli seat.
BJP names 83 more candidates for Rajasthan polls, fields ex-CM Raje from Jhalrapatan
The party also decided to field Narpat Singh Rajvi from Chittorgarh after its earlier decision to deny the five-term MLA, who is the son-in-law of its stalwart leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, renomination from his Vidhyadhar Nagar seat. This triggered a backlash from a section of party workers.
Rajasthan polls: Congress releases first list of 33 candidates, fields Gehlot from Sardarpura, Pilot from Tonk
The polls to the 200-member assembly will be held on November 25 .
Assembly Elections 2023: Why the battle in MP and Rajasthan looks close, but not in Chhattisgarh
Assembly Elections 2023: In MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the sitting chief ministers are seen as steady hands. But Shivraj Singh Chouhan faces the burden of a long anti-incumbency and Ashok Gehlot’s fate lies somewhere between the Rajasthan trend of alternating governments and BJP’s disjointed campaigning, while Bhupesh Baghel benefits from a leaderless opposition
Assembly elections 2023: BJP likely to finalise candidates for Telangana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
The core BJP group of Telangana arrived at Nadda's residence on October 20 to chalk out strategies for the upcoming elections
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Jat vote holds key to power but which way will the community swing?
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Both BJP and Congress have few cards to play to corner Jat support. CM Gehlot is the biggest hindrance to a closer Jat embrace of Congress. BJP's cause has been hurt by the sidelining of Vasundhara Raje and Satish Poonia, the unpopular farm laws, and the likes of Hanuman Beniwal and Dushyant Chautala contesting independently
