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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
TopicRajasthan Assembly Elections

Topic: Rajasthan Assembly Elections

Vajpayee & Indira lost, Modi will too, that’s why he’s using religion card — Rajasthan ex-CM Gehlot

In an exclusive interview with ThePrint, former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot claimed that the state would see 'shocking' results in favour of the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections.

Deposits lost, a vote share less than NOTA — what Rajasthan debacle means for JJP in Haryana

JJP contested Rajasthan assembly polls with the claim that it would emerge as kingmaker in Haryana with ‘key (also the election symbol of the JJP) to Vidhan Sabha in its hand’.

Sachin Pilot factor propels BJP to 18 seats from just 1 in Rajasthan’s Gurjar-Meena belt

While 5 of BJP's 10 Gurjar candidates won, only 3 of Congress's 11 did so, including Pilot. BJP targeted Gurjar vote with multi-pronged plan, from PM's speeches to organisational changes.

With loss in 3 states, a generation of Congress leaders faces uncertainty. Clamour for new guard grows

Congress’s campaigns in MP and Rajasthan were led by Kamal Nath and Ashok Gehlot. In Chhattisgarh, TS Singhdeo lost his own seat by a mere 94 votes, and Congress lost the state too.

This ‘hat-trick guarantee to hat-trick in 2024’, says PM Modi after BJP’s 3-1 sweep in assembly polls

BJP retained MP and wrested Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan from Congress. Modi cautioned Opposition against indulging in politics 'that is divisive, weakens, and breaks the nation'.

Modi’s popularity stronger now than any point in 1st term. 10 takeaways from election results

Congress's inability to expand its base while BJP does so, relative absence of Hindutva in campaigns & Congress still being unable to match BJP in direct contest are among key takeaways.

Frenzy of freebies dominated Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, & Telangana polls. Results varied

Handout promises, from loan waivers to free power, flooded this assembly election season, with BJP & Congress vying to outdo each other. How they shaped outcomes differed across states.

Tribal vote swings to BJP in 3 states, decisive in Chhattisgarh victory

Out of 113 ST reserved seats in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh & Telangana, Congress won 47 while BJP tallied 58. Bharatiya Adivasi Party failed to make major impact in Rajasthan.

Husband-wife clash in Rajasthan’s Danta Ramgarh: Virendra Singh trounces Rita Chaudhary by 98k votes

Incumbent Congress MLA Virendra Singh beat his closest rival, BJP’s Gajanand Kumawat, by 7,997 votes. Singh's wife, JJP’s Rita Chaudhary, was a distant fourth, polling 1,597 votes.

Rajyavardhan Rathore clinches Jhotwara by thumping margin, beats Congress candidate, BJP rebel

The BJP leader & former Union minister beat Congress's Abhishek Choudhary by 50,167 votes. BJP rebel Ashu Singh Surpura, who contested as an Independent, came in third.

On Camera

India’s soybean sector needs attention—domestic oversupply but rising imports

Despite having a cost advantage, domestic crushers are not purchasing locally grown soybeans, while the country continues to meet its rising soybean oil demand through expensive imports.

ATM withdrawals to get costlier from 1 May. What you need to know

RBI lifted ceiling on interchange fee on ATM withdrawals through circular issued Friday. Interchange fee is amount one bank pays another to facilitate ATM transactions.

Backed by new orders, HAL’s order book swells to Rs 1.84 lakh crore in FY 2024-25

HAL says it booked Rs 30,400 cr (provisional & unaudited) as revenue for financial year ending on 31 March, 2025, as against Rs 30,381 cr in the previous financial year.

Thank you Trump for putting tariff gun to India’s head. That’s the only way we’d be forced to reform

Trump threatening to pull the trigger might be just what is needed to wake up India’s self-congratulatory establishment from its headline-managing fantasies.