Rajasthan
Sachin Pilot out, Ashok Gehlot in as star campaigner for Karnataka Assembly polls
Many questions are doing the rounds in the political corridors of Rajasthan, especially after Pilot skipped two key events of the party in the state -- the one-on-one feedback session with the party's Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, and the Congress Sammelan held in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Rajasthan Congress big-wigs clash hours before IPL's return to Jaipur
The RCA is headed by Vaibhav Gehlot, a prominent Congress leader and son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The development came hours before the Indian Premier League (IPL) returns to the Sawai Mansingh Stadium after a gap of over three years on Wednesday, when hosts and table-toppers Rajasthan Royals take on second-placed Lucknow Super Giants.
Rajasthan Congress' questionnaire triggers political controversy
On the question asked to the MLAs, BJP leader Amit Malviya said - "In Rajasthan, Congress distributed a form consisting 13 questions during one-to-one feedback from its MLAs. The first question was related to the caste and religious equation in the area. Will Rahul Gandhi's party open the shop of love in the election state now considering religion and caste?"
Now, pro-Gehlot MLAs pitch for him as 4th time CM
Tuesday was the second day of collecting this one-on-one feedback from Rajasthan MLAs. On this occasion, the pro-Gehlot MLAs were seen yet again triggering factional war by demanding for Gehlot as the chief minister for the fourth time. The MLAs of the pro-Gehlot tribal area openly advocated to make Gehlot the chief minister for the fourth time.
PM flags off poll-bound Rajasthan's first Vande Bharat train
While launching the train between Ajmer and Delhi Cantonment through video conferencing, the Prime Minister lamented that "an important and basic need of the citizens like railways was turned into an arena of politics for a long time". PM Modi said, "India inherited a fairly big railway network at the time of Independence, but political interest dominated the need for modernisation in the years after independence".
Congress says Pilot's fast 'anti-party activity' but terms him 'indisputable asset'
"Sachin Pilot's day-long fast tomorrow (Tuesday) is against the party interests and is anti-party activity. If there is any issue with his own government, it can be discussed in the party forums instead of in the media and public," he said in a statement. "I have been an AICC in-charge for the last 5 months and Pilot has never discussed this issue with me. I am in touch with him and I still appeal for calm dialogue since he is an indisputable asset to the Congress," Randhawa added.
Rajasthan government announces public holiday on Jyotiba Phule birth anniversary
Now every year on April 11, there will be a government holiday on Phule Jayanti. Due to the declaration of the government holiday, there will now be holiday in government offices, schools and colleges on Phule Jayanti. Earlier, the government had also declared the optional holiday of Lord Devnarayan Jayanti on January 28 as a public holiday.
Ashok Gehlot ropes in PR firm to fight 'politics over policies'
While the state government has been patting its back for its policies, stating that it has won hearts of the people of Rajasthan with its people-friendly schemes, the opposition has been questioning the successful implementation of the same. Recently, doctors in the state had called a strike against the Right to Health Bill.
Rajasthan BJP lures Brahmins, Rajputs, Jaats with eye on Assembly, LS polls
After appointing Chittorgarh MP C.P. Joshi as the Rajasthan BJP President, the party on Sunday named Rajendra Rathore as the Leader of Opposition, while Satish Poonia has been appointed as Rathore's deputy in the Assembly. While Joshi is a Brahmin, Rathore is a Rajput leader while Poonia hails from a Jaat background.
Modi@20 Sapne Hue Sakar' sells like hot cakes at BJP office in Jaipur
The party workers 'wanted to learn the success stories of PM to take them to the ground level' as the BJP has announced that elections in Rajasthan will be contested on Modi's face. On Sunday, veteran party workers were present at the state headquarters as in-charge Arun Singh had triggered a suspense by announcing that the name.
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