2018
Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress releases 3rd list and BJP released 4th list
The Congress announced its third and fourth lists for Rajasthan on Sunday while the Bharatiya Janata Party released its fourth list of 24 candidates. The BJP gave the high-profile Sanganer seat to Jaipur mayor Ashok Lahoty. In a counter to Congress’ move of fielding rebel BJP leader Manvendra Singh against chief minister Vasundhara Raje in Jhalrapatan. The BJP brought in a former Kota royal family who were earlier loyal to the Congress. The BJP fielded Kalpana Singh, wife of former Congress MP Ijyaraj Singh, from Ladpura in a move thatRead More
Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018: Congress breaks 46-year-old tradition by fielding Sachin Pilot from Tonk
As a child, Sachin Pilot often visited a temple of Devnarayan, worshipped by the Gujjars as an incarnation of Vishnu, in Tonk district with his father, Rajesh Pilot. In September this year, he took his two sons, Aaran and Vehaan, to the temple known as Dev Dham Jodhpuriya. Little aware that two months later, it will be Tonk from where he will contest his first Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018 . The party’s decision to field the 41-year-old president of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee from Tonk has broken the 46-year-oldRead More
Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Sachin Pilot , Ashok Gehlot among 152 in Congress first list of candidates
Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and state Congress chief Sachin Pilot figured in the party’s first list of 152 candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections released late Thursday night. Gehlot will contest from his traditional Sadarpura constituency in Jodhpur and Sachin Pilot from Tonk Other senior leaders in the list include former Union ministers CP Joshi from Nathdwara (Udaipur) and Girija Vyas from Udaipur. And also leader of opposition Rameshwar Dudi from Nokha (Bikaner). A twice Member of Parliament from Dausa (2004) and Ajmer (2009), Sachin Pilot will beRead More
After Harish Meena, Rajasthan BJP Lawmaker Habibur Rahman Joins Congress
In a setback to Rajasthan ‘s ruling BJP ahead of the December 7 Assembly elections. The party’s Nagaur MLA Habibur Rahman yesterday returned to the Congress after a decade. Mr Rahman joined the Congress at the party’s office in Jaipur in presence of Ajmer MP Raghu Sharma and other leaders. The same day BJP’s Dausa MP Harish Chandra Meena joined the grand old party in New Delhi. Mr Rahman was initially a member of the Congress and was a state minister between 2001 and 2003. And during the Ashok Gehlot-led CongressRead More
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, NDA ally go lyrical to slam UP government for renaming
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav went lyrical Wednesday to slam the Adityanath government for renaming Uttar Pradesh cities. Saying the developmental works in the state have come to a halt due to it. “Band pade hain saare kaam, bikhra pada sab samaan; tarakki ke ruke hain raste, badal rahe hain bus naam,” (All works have stopped, materials lie scattered. Paths of development stand blocked, only names are being changed),” tweeted Yadav. Also tagged a few photographs of some stalled works with his tweet. The former chief minister’s lyrical criticism ofRead More