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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicRajasthan CM

Topic: Rajasthan CM

Kirodi Lal rebellion to corruption charges from its own MLA, Rajasthan BJP is in quite a pickle

A string of issues over the past several months have brought embarrassment to the BJP in the state. The Opposition meanwhile is capitalising every misstep.

Village sarpanch to 1st-time MLA — Bhajanlal Sharma takes oath as Rajasthan chief minister

Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa sworn in as state’s deputy chief ministers.

ABVP to sarpanch & now 1st-term MLA, organisation man — who is Bhajanlal Sharma, Rajasthan’s next CM

Sharma is general secretary in BJP’s Rajasthan unit, & has been associated with party over three decades. He is said to have Sangh backing & was jailed during Ayodhya stir in 90s.

BJP picks MLA Bhajanlal Sharma for Rajasthan CM. Diya Kumari & Prem Chand Bairwa to be his deputies

The 1st-time MLA won from Sanganer by 48,081 votes, defeating Congress’s Pushpendra Bhardwaj. BJP, which won MP, Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan, has selected fresh CM faces in all 3 states.

‘Raje our senior leader, no possibility can be denied’ — Union minister Shekhawat on Rajasthan CM post

Union minister and state leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat says ‘I’ve never thought of being CM’, rules out rebellion in Rajasthan BJP & targets Gehlot govt on ‘appeasement politics’.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot blames ‘work pressure’ for colleague’s outburst against him

Minister Ashok Chandna has expressed displeasure with the state bureaucracy and wants to be ‘freed’ of his portfolios.

Congress now has a combative, Modi-questioning Ashok Gehlot, who is no more camera shy

Gehlot, who is usually shy of TV appearances and newspaper interviews, is now vocal on a number of issues, making himself heard on multiple media platforms.

Ashok Gehlot is Congress pick for Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot to be his deputy

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is believed to have taken this decision keeping in mind 2019 Lok Sabha elections when Gehlot's experience will come in handy.  New...

Sachin Pilot, the BBC intern who joked about joining the BJP

As a BBC intern, Sachin Pilot, now in the race for Rajasthan CM's post, had scripted and edited a radio package for BBC and earned £20-30.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.