Kumari, a protégé of Vasundhara Raje, had replaced Narpat Singh Rajvi in Vidyadhar Nagar. Rajvi has won three elections from Vidyadhar Nagar — 2008, 2013 and 2018.
BJP capitalised on anti-incumbency against the Gehlot government & built a narrative of the state being beset by crimes against women, paper leaks, unemployment and corruption.
Balaknath, the sitting BJP MP from Alwar, wins Tijara by a margin of over 6,000 votes, defeating Congress's Imran Khan. BJP fielded the MP to tap into constituency's Yadav vote.
BJP’s Vishwaraj Singh Mewar, a member of erstwhile Mewar royal family who fought the election on his lineage, defeated outgoing speaker Joshi by 7,504 votes.
Sanjay lost from Karimnagar in 2018 to Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s Gangula Kamalakar, who won the seat by a margin of 3,163 votes. He won the 2019 parliamentary polls from Karimnagar.
MP poll results come as an unequivocal endorsement of CM Chouhan’s leadership and popularity. Central leadership now unlikely to overlook his claim for the top post.
BRS leader Maganti Gopinath wins the seat by a margin of 16,337 votes. Other candidates in the fray include Deepak Reddy of BJP and AIMIM's Rashed Farazuddin.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, almost every member of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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