




Addressing an election rally in Nainwa town of Rajasthan's Bundi district, Raje launched a scathing attack on the Congress and said though the Congress coined the slogan of 'garibi hatao' (remove poverty), it never actually worked for it.
Raje's remark came a few hours after the Congress released it second list of 32 candidates, fielding Manvendra Singh against her from Jhalrapatan constituency.
The names were announced by senior party leader J P Nadda following a meeting of the BJP central election committee which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its president Amir Shah besides other top leaders.
Pilot was addressing a public meeting in Sangod town of Kota district, held on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
The BJP government in Rajasthan, which is to go to polls later this year, reduced value-added tax on diesel and petrol on September 9.
Former Rajasthan BJP president Ashok Parnami said Congress national general secretary Ashok Gehlot was "afraid" of Raje's popularity.
Today, India's largest incubation and acceleration centre for startups is the Bhamashah Techno Hub Raje said.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will begin the second leg of her 'Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra' in Jodhpur division while the Congress will hold its first 'sankalp rally' in Chittorgarh district.
The second phase was earlier scheduled to start from the Bharatpur division on August 16.
Due to the development, the second leg of her 'Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra' has been postponed, an official statement said.
The Rajasthan chief minister talks about poll issues, her connect with the electorate and the success rate of her policies
The comment comes in the wake of lynching of Rakbar Khan, a dairy farmer from Haryana's Mewat district, who was lynched by a group of seven persons in Alwar almost two weeks ago.
Claiming that Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's policies are responsible for corruption in the state, Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot said the government has given the work of electrification to private companies instead of getting it done by its own department.
Since the past few years, International Yoga Day, celebrated on June 21, has seen an active participation from people all around the country.
Rajasthan adopted various water conservation methods such as geo-tagging, surveying with the help of drones and engaging people who actively participated in the campaigns.
The central leadership had zeroed in on Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as a replacement for Ashok Parnami, who has resigned, to lead the state unit as it prepares for the assembly polls scheduled to be held later this year, sources said.
State Higher Education minister Kiran Maheshwari said under the Vikas Yatra the the chief minister will cover all the Assembly constituencies.
The budget was passed after Chief Minister Raje gave her reply to the debate on appropriation bill while making several announcements.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje also announced constitution of a farmers debt relief commission that will work as a permanent institution.
The budget session of the state Legislative Assembly is beginning on Monday