Rajasthan Assembly elections: BJP fields Vasundhara Raje from Jhalrapatan, Satish Punia from Amber
Oct 21, 2023, 03:14 PM ISTBJP names candidates for 83 more seats for Rajasthan assembly polls which will go to polls on November 25.
BJP names candidates for 83 more seats for Rajasthan assembly polls which will go to polls on November 25.
The BJP has been stressing that on November 23, which is also Dev Uthani Ekadashi, the turnout may be less. In 2018, voter turnout in Rajasthan Assembly polls was recorded at 74.71 per cent and this time too the election department has made concentrated efforts to increase the turnout during polls.
Rajasthan will go to polls on November 25 while the counting of votes will take place on December 3. In 2018, Congress won 100 seats in 2018 Assembly polls. BJP followed at 73 seats while BSP garnered 6 seats.
Rajasthan Assembly polls 2023: Later in the day, PM Modi will also visit Gwalior where he will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation multiple development initiatives worth around Rs 19,260 crores.
According to reports, Rajasthan ex-minister Rajendra Singh Gudha is likely to join Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena ahead of assembly elections in the state.
The Yatra which began on September 2 will culminate with a mega public address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 25 in Jaipur.
Congress District President Hari Prasad Bairwa said that a proposal was made and sent to Sachin Pilot by the District Congress Committee to demand that he must contest in the upcoming election from the Tonk assembly seat.
With the passage of the Gig Bill in the Rajasthan Assembly, the Congress-ruling state is set to become the first Indian state to have a law for the welfare of app-based workers.
Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha, while addressing the Assembly today, said that the government should “look at own backyard” first before talking about violence-hit Manipur.
According to the provisions in every resident in Rajasthan will have the right to emergency treatment and care "without prepayment" at any "public health institution, health care establishment and designated health care centers.
They are seen making inaccurate statements and tabling wrong facts which have to be withdrawn later. Surprisingly, the entire episodes are being telecast live on YouTube and giving them all more eyeballs.
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the high court directive to defer till July 24 the disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot. The high court had said on Tuesday that it would deliver its order on July 24 on a petition filed by Pilot and 18 other MLAs, challenging the disqualification notices sent to them.
Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal introduced two bills in the assembly on Tuesday to check incidents of honour killing and mob lynching in the state. 'The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition bill-2019' and 'The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill-2019' were introduced.
During a debate on crop loan waiver issue, Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria sought to know the district-wise list of the government's crop loan waiver scheme beneficiaries. He also raised the issue of the farmer's suicide.
The bill sought to increase the backward classes' reservation from the present 21 per cent to 26 per cent with a five per cent quota for Gujjars, Banjaras, Gadia Lohars, Raikas and Gadaria communities.
The Legislative Assembly election in Rajasthan was held on 7 December last year. The election was held in a single phase. Congress became the single largest party of the state. In the last elections in 2013, BJP had won a majority.
Senior BJP legislator Gulab Chand Kataria was on Sunday unanimously chosen as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly by the BJP legislature party during a meeting at the party office here.
Rajasthan can have a total of 30 ministers including the chief minister.
After his rally in Jodhpur, he will head to Hanumangarh, Sikar and Jaipur where is likely to address rallies.
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