Ashok Gehlot
4 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Ashok Gehlot”, published between November 2018 and December 2018. They are filed mainly under Congress, BJP. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Rajasthan portfolios allocated as Ashok Gehlot keeps nine departments, including home
Rajasthan’s newly inducted ministers have been given their portfolios, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot retaining nine departments, among them finance and home. Governor Kalyan Singh approved the allocation late on Wednesday night on Gehlot’s advice, according to orders from the Cabinet Secretariat. How the decision was reached Besides the Chief Minister and his deputy, the list covers 13 cabinet ministers and 10 ministers of state. The 23 ministers took oath on Monday, a week after Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot were sworn in. The portfolios were finalised afterRead More
Congress has always let MLAs choose the chief minister, says Digvijaya Singh
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh has said the Congress won most of the assembly seats along the Narmada river, highlighting his Narmada ‘parikrama’, which he had described as a spiritual journey. He spoke in an interview after the party took Madhya Pradesh from the BJP in what was the country’s closest election so far. The Narmada parikrama Singh said that although the parikrama was entirely non-political, the party had won most of the seats along the river. Having worked behind the scenes, campaigned widely and had his wayRead More
Rajasthan exit polls: aggregate gives Congress 112 seats, BJP 78
Exit polls released on Friday, after voting ended in five states, indicated that Rajasthan would keep up its pattern of voting out the sitting government. Results for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram were due on Tuesday, December 11. What the numbers suggest An aggregate of the exit polls put the Congress at 112 and the BJP at 78 of the 199 Rajasthan seats where voting took place. A party needs 100 seats to form the government. Apart from anti-incumbency, the BJP had lost several prominent members before theRead More
Rajasthan elections 2018: Pilot, Gehlot among 152 names in Congress first list
Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and state Congress president Sachin Pilot are among the 152 candidates named in the party’s first list for the Rajasthan assembly election, released late on Thursday night. Who is contesting where Gehlot will defend his traditional Sardarpura seat in Jodhpur, which he is contesting for the fifth time in a row, while Pilot will make his assembly debut from Tonk. Pilot has twice been elected to the Lok Sabha, from Dausa in 2004 and Ajmer in 2009. Other prominent names include former Union ministers CPRead More
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