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Rajasthan BJP chief adds to intrigue, says Parl board to take call on CM

Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Parliamentary Board is the highest decision-making body within the BJP

BJP leader Vijayvargiya claims suspense over CM to be over on Dec 10

Vijayvargiya stated that clear decision on CM candidates will be revealed by Dec 10, but refrained from disclosing whether party will select leaders from newly elected MLAs or bring in outsiders

5 MLAs confined in resort: Vasundhara Raje's son faces row amid CM suspense

Senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will meet party president JP Nadda in Delhi amid a suspense over the BJP's CM pick for Rajasthan on Thursday

Amid Rajasthan chief minister suspense, Vasundhara Raje arrives in Delhi

Former two-time Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje cited family as her reason for the sudden travel to Delhi ahead of a BJP party meeting on Thursday

Gogamedi murder: Had alerted Rajasthan police, say Punjab Police sources

The Punjab Police had shared inputs with its counterpart in Rajasthan regarding the threat to the life of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, official sources said on Wednesday. Gogamedi was shot dead by two persons in the living room of his house in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Tuesday. Rohit Godara of the Bishnoi gang took responsibility of the murder. In February, the Punjab DGP office had communicated to the Rajasthan Police, stating that notorious gangster Sampat Nehra of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has plans to kill Gogamedi to incite religiously motivated riots in the state of Rajasthan. Rajasthan police had said one of the accused is from Haryana and the other from Rajasthan.

Sukhdev Gogamedi murder: What we know so far about Rajput leader's death

One of the three accused was shot dead, while two are still on the run. The Rajput community called for Rajasthan Bandh

Result of law and order collapse: Meghwal on murder of Karni Sena chief

Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne criminals in Jaipur on Tuesday

Rajput community calls for Rajasthan Bandh over murder of Karni Sena chief

The Chief of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi was shot dead in Jaipur on Tuesday by unidentified bike-borne criminals

Karni Sena protest death of Sukhdev Gogamedi, BJP blames outgoing govt

Condemning the death of the national president of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi in Jaipur, BJP leader Rajendra Rathore said that it was 'unfortunate'

Rajasthan Congress meeting to decide on Leader of Opposition in Assembly

Rajasthan Congress MLAs will be convening a meeting on Tuesday in Jaipur to analyse the party's performance in the state Assembly elections and choose a LoP

Election for the final seat in Rajasthan Assembly to be held on January 5

Polling for the Karanpur Assembly seat of Rajasthan has been adjourned following the death of the incumbent MLA and Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar

ED raids in Haryana, Raj in money laundering case against Bishnoi gang

The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday conducted multiple raids in Haryana and Rajasthan as part of a money laundering investigation against the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, officials said. The central probe agency is covering around a dozen locations in the two states as part of the action being carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Bishnoi, currently in jail, is one of the accused in the murder case of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. The ED's action stems from FIRs and charge sheets filed against the gangster by the National investigation Agency (NIA).

BJP's victory may not be enough to get Rajya Sabha majority by next year

The BJP's victory in the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh may not be enough for the ruling party to increase its strength in the Rajya Sabha so as to get a majority by next year. Next year, 69 Rajya Sabha seats will fall vacant, including 56 in April ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The Upper House of Parliament has 239 members. Currently, the BJP is the single-largest party with 94 seats, followed by Congress with 30 seats and Trinamool Congress with 13 seats. While the BJP is likely to retain 30 seats, which will fall vacant in April next year, the Congress will retain its seats and get an additional two from Telangana, which it wrested from the BRS in assembly polls held along with that of the other three states. Prominent among those who would retire in April are former prime minster Manmohan Singh from Rajasthan, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav from Rajasthan, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from Madhya Pradesh and Minister of State ...

From Raje to Balaknath: Who are the top CM contenders for Rajasthan?

Vasundhara Raje, Mahant Balaknath, Diya Kumari, Kirodi Lal Meena, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and CP Joshi emerge as strong contenders for the CM post

Assembly election results: BJP sweeps MP, wrests Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

Congress unseats BRS in Telangana, derails KCR's national goal

Rajasthan election results: Infighting throws Ashok Gehlot off perch

Issues like paper leak scams, instances of atrocities against Dalits, high prices, and unemployment had plagued the state, and the opposition caught on to all the protests during Congress' tenure

Rajasthan Assembly polls: Four BJP rebels among 9 independents win

Eight independent candidates, including four BJP rebels, have won in the Rajasthan assembly elections. Among them is Chandrabhan Aakya who was replaced by the BJP with a relative of former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in Chittorgarh but contested on his own. Aakya, the sitting MLA from Chittorgarh, defeated his closest rival Congress' Surendra Singh with a margin of 6823 votes. BJP's Narpat Singh Rajvi, a five-time MLA, secured the third position. Ahead of the polls, BJP had replaced Aakya with Narpat Singh Rajvi, the son-in-law of former vice president late Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, shifting him from Jaipur's Vidhyadhar Nagar. Rajvi's constituency was changed because Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari was fielded from Vidhyadhar Nagar. Diya Kumari won the seat by 71,368 votes. BJP rebel Ravindra Singh Bhati won the Sheo seat by defeating Congress rebel and independent candidate Fateh Khan with a margin of 3950 votes. Congress candidate and sitting MLA Ameen Khan was in the third

Rajasthan Election Results 2023: BJP set for form govt, Gehlot-led Congress face defeat

Rajasthan Election Results 2023: The BJP is set to form the next government in Rajasthan. This election outcome has perpetuated Rajasthan's three-decade trend of not re-electing incumbents.

Less than 1% voters opted for NOTA in MP, Raj, T'gana; 1.3% in Chhattisgarh

The counting of votes in three out of four states on Sunday showed that less than one per cent of the voters exercised the 'none of the above' (NOTA) option in the just-concluded assembly polls, according to the election commission. Assembly polls were conducted in five states and while the counting of votes in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana was held on Sunday, votes will be counted in Mizoram on Monday. In Madhya Pradesh, 0.99 per cent of the voters went for the NOTA option out of total voter turnout of 77.15 per cent. In neighbouring Chhattisgarh, 1.29 per cent of the electors pressed the NOTA button. Here, the voter turnout was 76.3 per cent. In Telangana, 0.74 per cent of the electors opted for NOTA. The state registered 71.14 per cent of voter turnout. Similarly, in Rajasthan 0.96 per cent of the voters exercised the NOTA option. It had recorded 74.62 per cent turnout. Talking to PTI on the NOTA option, Pradeep Gupta of Axis My India said NOTA has been

Win some, lose some: Bharat Jodo Yatra's electoral impact uneven

The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra energised the Congress' rank and file but the jury is out on the electoral impact it had on the states through which it passed with the party winning Karnataka in May and now Telangana while losing the Hindi-heartland states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The assembly polls following the yatra has thrown up a mixed 2-2 result. Karnataka and Telangana went to the Congress but it suffered crushing defeats in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan at the hands of the BJP. The Congress also lost Chhattisgarh to its rival but the yatra had not passed through that state. Polls in Hind-heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and the southern state of Telangana were held between November 7 and 30, and votes were counted on Sunday. The Congress in May had hailed the last year's Bharat Jodo Yatra for the party's success in the polls to the 224-member Karnataka assembly. The party had won 15 of the 20 assembly constituencies in the state t