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Topic: Rajasthan BJP

Modi rallies to return of Jaswant Singh’s son — BJP’s scramble to retain Barmer as rebel queers pitch

Union minister Kailash Choudhary’s seat is likely to see tough fight from popular Rajput leader & Independent MLA Bhatti who quit BJP last year when it denied him assembly poll ticket.

BJP announces sixth list of three candidates for Lok Sabha polls from Rajasthan and Manipur

In Rajasthan, the party has fielded Kanhaiya Lal Meena from the Dausa constituency while Indu Devi Jatav has been fielded from Karauli-Dholpur.

Caste math, averting dissent — how Rajasthan CM has given charge of state bodies to upset BJP leaders

Bhajanlal Sharma has appointed 7 BJP leaders as chairmen of various state boards to ward off rebellion & help party win on key Lok Sabha seats where infighting has been reported.

Indian ‘flew 1st aeroplane’, Akbar was ‘rapist’ — Rajasthan minister Dilawar’s headline-making spree

Six-term MLA Madan Dilawar was minister of social welfare in Vasundhara Raje-led BJP govt (2003-08). He has been in news for his controversial statements and ‘arbitrary actions’.

Jat-Dalit combo could help Congress gain ground in Rajasthan. Ripple effects may follow

The vote share of the BJP and Congress in Rajasthan diverged by only 2.2 percentage points. Covering this gap through the Dalit-Jat combination would be a good strategy for Congress.

BJP govt in Rajasthan opts for healthy snacks, water in glass bottles. ‘To do our bit for environment’

Before Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath had also directed state departments not to use plastic water bottles in meetings.

Knives out in Rajasthan BJP after poll win, Rajendra Rathore blames his loss on ‘many Vibhishanas’

While the seven-time MLA and Rajput leader hasn't taken names, his barbs seem to be aimed at Churu MP and Jat leader Rahul Kaswan, said to be a loyalist of former CM Vasundhara Raje.

BJP’s social engineering in Rajasthan — why the party chose Bhajanlal Sharma as CM

Bhajanlal Sharma is BJP's 1st Brahmin CM in the state since 1990. Party sees the caste group as major influencers & key to its Hindutva push in Hindi heartland ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

How BJP overcame the Gehlot welfare model & its own infighting to triumph in Rajasthan

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.

Raje loyalist Yoonus Khan, denied ticket by BJP, defeats Congress’s Dudi. BJP in 3rd place

BJP denied Khan a ticket and instead fielded Jitendra Jodha, who had lost to Dudi, a Jat leader, by a margin of 40,602 votes in the 2018 elections.

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Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.