Rajasthan
14 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Rajasthan”, published between February 2018 and December 2018. They are filed mainly under BJP, Congress, news. 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
Rajasthan BJP suspends 11 rebels, including four ministers, before December 7 polls
The BJP in Rajasthan has suspended 11 senior leaders, four of them ministers in Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s government, after they declined to withdraw nominations filed against the party’s official candidates. A party press release issued on Thursday said the rebels had been removed from primary membership for six years. Who was suspended In alphabetical order, those suspended were Anita Katara, Deendayal Kumavat, Dhansingh Rawat, Hemsingh Bhadana, Kishanram Nai, Kuldeep Dhankad, Lakshminarayan Dave, Radheshyam Ganganagar, Rajkumar Rinava, Rameshwar Bhati and Surendra Goyal. Many party rebels had entered the race forRead More
Rajasthan BJP MLA Habibur Rahman joins Congress after Dausa MP Harish Meena
The ruling BJP in Rajasthan suffered another setback ahead of the December 7 assembly election when its Nagaur MLA, Habibur Rahman, returned to the Congress after a decade. He joined at the party’s Jaipur office in the presence of Ajmer MP Raghu Sharma and other leaders. Also that day, Harish Chandra Meena, the BJP MP from Dausa, switched to the Congress in New Delhi. Rahman’s return Rahman started out in the Congress, serving as a state minister from 2001 to 2003 under Ashok Gehlot. He moved to the BJP inRead More
Kota village Madanpura to boycott Rajasthan assembly election over lack of development
With the Rajasthan assembly election little more than a month away, residents of Madanpura village in Kota district have decided to stay away from the polls, citing a lack of development and basic amenities. A banner in the village, in the Khatoli area of the Pipalda assembly constituency, declares: “Vikas nahi to vote nahi” (no development, no vote). Villagers’ complaints Villager Shambhu Kumar said no roads or drains had been built in the past three years, and residents were pursuing a court case over encroachment on pasture land. Without roadsRead More
Rajasthan polls: vote for change, not just to defeat BJP, Kejriwal tells Jaipur rally
Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister and national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party, on Sunday asked Rajasthan’s voters to back real change in the coming assembly election rather than merely vote out the ruling party. He was speaking at a rally at Jaipur’s Ramlila Maidan. Breaking the cycle Kejriwal said the Congress and the BJP had taken turns to govern Rajasthan, each for five years. When people saw no work under one party, he said, they voted for the other, and the defeated party returned to power five years later.Read More
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