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Ashok Gehlot alleges that the central government levied accusations on the Congress party to incite people during elections
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Tuesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other BJP leaders to speak on the work done by his government instead of talking about religion in election rallies. Accusing the leaders of the opposition party of doing politics in the name of religion ahead of the November 25 Rajasthan assembly polls, Gehlot said the Congress was fighting the electoral battle on issues of development and welfare of the people. "BJP leaders come and say provocative things in their speeches in the name of religion. They impose their agenda in the name of religion which is not a good tradition," he said at Jaipur's Albert Hall after paying tributes to former prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru on his birth anniversary. "I challenge them to speak on our schemes and programmes and the performance of the government instead of doing politics in the name of religion... If they have something to criticise our development works with, they .
Bharatiya Janata Party earlier criticised the Congress government for the murder case and overall safety in Rajasthan ahead of the state Assembly polls
"We have worked to fulfil the 10 guarantees that we had given. Rajasthan is at number one in providing jobs to the youth; three lakh jobs were given," the Chief Minister said.
The Congress government in Rajasthan implemented public welfare schemes keeping in mind every section of society during its five-year tenure, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally for the Congress' candidate in Jodhpur's Bhopalgarh, Gehlot also expressed confidence that the public will return the party to power in the state. According to a statement, Gehlot said the Congress government implemented public welfare schemes for five years, keeping in mind every class and family of Rajasthan. He said, "This is our biggest collective achievement. Now we will strengthen these further by forming a Congress government in Rajasthan again in December." There has been no shortage of any kind in the all-round development of the state, including in Jodhpur. Every household has been benefited through schemes based on the opinion and advice of the common people, Gehlot added. Voting for the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will be held on November 25. The votes w
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the Congress government is working on curbing inflation, lowering unemployment, reducing the wealth gap and creating brotherhood within religions
Ahead of election, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's close aide and former Jodhpur mayor Rameshwar Dadhich joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday.
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A BJP delegation led by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday gave a memorandum to the Chief Electoral Officer seeking action against the Rajasthan CM
The PM in 2019 had launched the mission as part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, eyeing to provide around-the-clock water supply in every rural household
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the Congress will be contesting assembly elections on seven pre-poll promises announced by him for people of the state. He claimed that the BJP could not set an agenda for the elections this time and that the opposition party is grappling with infighting. Addressing a press conference here, Gehlot also hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah who held three election rallies in Nagaur on Tuesday, saying that he does not know the issues of the state. Gehlot said that seven significant "guarantees" (pre-poll promises) have been promised to the people of the state and when the Congress government is formed after the November 25 elections, guarantee camps will be organised. One thousand guarantee camps across Rajasthan will be set up, intending to reach out to two crore individuals if the party forms the government, he said. The chief minister stressed that his government had successfully implemented the budget, emphasizing commitme
Home Minister Amit Shah accused the Congress of appeasement politics, being corrupt and leading Rajasthan in crimes during his rallies in Nawan, Makrana, and Parbatsar constituencies
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The 'yatra' aims to inform the public in Rajasthan of Congress' seven promises to the people if the party wins the upcoming Assembly polls
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal were among those filing their nominations for the November 25 assembly polls on the last day on Monday. Several rebel leaders belonging to both the BJP and the Congress also filed nomination papers as independent candidates. BJP rebels Chandrabhan Singh Aakya, Rajpal Singh Shekhawat, Yoonus Khan, Kailash Meghwal and Ravindra Singh Bhati filed nomination papers as independent candidates from Chittorgarh, Jhotwara, Deedwana, Shahpura and Sheo respectively. Congress rebels Shiv Prasad Meena, Gaurav Sharma, Rupesh Sharma and Rakesh Boyat filed their nominations for different seats in Kota and Bundi. Ravindra Singh Bhati, a former student union president of Jai Narain Vyas University of Jodhpur, had recently joined the BJP and was expecting the party ticket from Barmer's Sheo constituency but he was denied a ticket following which he filed nomination papers as an independent candidate. Rajp
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot secured 63% of the votes from the Sardarpura seat in Jodhpur district in the 2018 Assembly elections