2018
Congress Ahead In 2 States, Nail Biter In Madhya Pradesh
The Congress is leading in two BJP-ruled heartland states — Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — as votes get counted for the assembly election billed as the semi-final before next year’s national polls. In Madhya Pradesh, it is locked in a tough fight with the BJP. But the party is trailing in Mizoram, a state it rules. The ruling TRS looks set to retain Telangana comfortably. The results in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are likely to have an impact on the elections due early next year. For the ruling BJP, itRead More
Upendra Kushwaha resigns as Union minister
RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha resigned from the Union council of ministers and walked out of the BJP led NDA on Monday, before Parliament’s Winter Session begins. Upendra Kushwaha, in his resignation letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “dejected” and “betrayed” by the PM’s leadership according to the party source. “It is unfortunate that the government’s priority is not to work for the poor and oppressed, but to fix political oppon by hook or crook,” Kushwaha said in the letter. The Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief Upendra Kushwaha alsoRead More
Exit Polls of Exit Polls : Congress May Win In Revolving Door Rajasthan
Rajasthan is set to follow its tradition of throwing out the incumbent government according to the exit polls on Friday, after the end of voting for five state elections. The results will be announced on Tuesday, December 11 in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram. An aggregate of exit polls gives the BJP 78 and the Congress 112 of 199 seats that went to polls in Rajasthan. Any of one party has to win 100 to form the government in the state Rajasthan. Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh directly challenging Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Besides anti-incumbency, the BJP suffered a series of high-profile exits before the elections and its founder-member Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh, who is directly challenging Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje of the BJP in her constituency Jhalrapatan. If the Congress will wins, then they will be forced to confront an issue it has been putting off for months – its chief ministerial candidate. The party’s old warhorse Ashok Gehlot, a former CM of Rajasthan, has a rival for the top post – state Congress chief Sachin Pilot. “The high command will decide who will be Chief Minister,” Ashok Gehlot told, calling questions on Sachin Pilot’s credentials for the top job “hypothetical”. Sachin Pilot asked the same question, he said “I don’t know, My job was to win and we did. I really think I am a fortunate party president for getting the support to all Rajasthani leaders and workers. For 70 years it has been the tradition that elected lawmakers to choose the CM. Last month, they all addressed a joint press conference to announce that both of them would fight the polls. Who among the two would contest the election had been the subject for much speculation. As both were seen as the Cong. candidates for CM. The party was seen to be reluctant to field one of them if only to avoid the inevitable tussle for the Chief Minister’s post.
Election Panel Should Act : Vasundhara Raje On Sharad Yadav’s Body Shaming
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday said that she felt insulted by former Janata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav’s body shaming remark against her. “I am shocked. I feel insulted. He has insulted women. I think to set an example, it is very important that the Election Commission takes cognizance,” Vasundhara Raje told reporters on Friday, after casting her vote for the Rajasthan election at a pink voting booth exclusively for women in home constituency Jhalrapatan. “Is this the sort of example he wants to set for youngsters? Congress and its alliesRead More
BJP Turned Rajasthan From ‘BIMARU’ State To Developed One: Amit Shah
The BJP has transformed Rajasthan from a ‘BIMARU’ (It is an acronym formed from the first letters of the names of the Indian states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh) state to a developed one and will now make it prosperous, party chief Amit Shah said in Jaipur today. While BJP Chief predicting that his party would form a government in Rajasthan with “full majority”. Taking on the Congress at the press conference, he said that Rahul Gandhi’s party was involved in negative politics, promoting casteism and appeasement.Read More