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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicRajasthan Assembly Election 2018

Topic: Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018

In Rajasthan Congress manifesto, a promise to crack down on coaching hubs, steps for free press

Move significant as Rajasthan is home to coaching hub Kota, which is hit by student suicides. Congress also promises loan waiver to farmers.

BJP manifesto for Rajasthan assembly polls promises 50 lakh private jobs in 5 years

The BJP manifesto also held out a possibility to farmers of doubling their income, helped by a new Rs 250 crore fund to encourage rural start-ups.

BJP is on a better wicket in parliamentary elections than in state elections

A swing towards the Congress in MP and Rajasthan assembly polls need not automatically mean a similar outcome in parliamentary elections.

Congress asks union home ministry to protect Navjot Singh Sidhu outside Punjab

Congress has said Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been receiving ‘more threats’ since he left the BJP

Congress triggers race for CM as it fields all old warhorses in Rajasthan polls

Unlike in MP, the Congress has decided to field senior leaders Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, CP Joshi and Girija Vyas in Rajasthan polls.

118 candidates file 151 nominations in poll-bound Rajasthan

So far, 269 candidates have filed 343 sets of nominations. The last date for filing of nominations is 19 November.

BJP braces for trouble as second Rajasthan poll list leaves out 3 ministers, 15 MLAs

Under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, BJP has been known to deny tickets to sitting MLAs to beat anti-incumbency.

Congress likely to oust BJP from power in Rajasthan, predict opinion polls

Surveys by ABP News-CVoter and C fore expect Congress to win 142 and 124-138 seats respectively in Rajasthan's 200 member assembly.

Amit Shah keeps Vasundhara Raje out of Rajasthan rallies as their rift widens

BJP president Amit Shah has been holding rallies without CM Vasundhara Raje, something he rarely does in other poll-bound states. 

Rajasthan BJP MLA & Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra quits BJP, may join Congress

BJP MLA Manvendra Singh has been at loggerheads with his party for denying dad Jaswant Singh a Lok Sabha ticket in 2014

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.