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Eyeing power in Rajasthan, BJP fields 7 MPs, but faces angst of leaders who ‘worked with honesty’

With the inclusion of seven MPs, BJP’s first list of 41 candidates for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly polls has caught the state leaders off guard. Though fielding MPs in the assembly elections is not new, the scale is unprecedented in the state, and party leaders who found their name missing…

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BJP has ‘already accepted defeat’ in Rajasthan Assembly polls, says Gehlot

“Can a lotus become the Chief Minister? It is strange,” he said.

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Assembly polls in Rajasthan rescheduled to November 25

The elections, which were scheduled for November 23 in Rajasthan, will now take place on November 25. Read more on The Hindu

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Rajasthan polls | Journalists, employees of 8 departments to get postal ballot facility

Mediapersons, 8 departments' employees in Rajasthan to be given option to vote via postal ballots in November Assembly elections. Election Commission issued notification; first time journalists in State to avail facility. Doctors, paramedical staff, ambulance workers, electricians, linemen, pump operators, turners, milk committees, transport corp. employees, firefighters & authorised mediapersons…

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BJP Central Election Committee meeting to be held on Oct 15

The meeting is scheduled to take place at the BJP Headquarters in New Delhi at 6 p.m., and it will focuse on the planning for the upcoming elections in five states--Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram. Read further on Dynamite News:

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NIA action in 6 states: Mumbai man cleared of terror charges after 9 years in jail among those held

In fresh action against banned outfit Popular Front of India, the NIA reportedly searched at least 12 locations in six states on Wednesday. Around 10 people have been reportedly detained in searches in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra.

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Objectionable remarks row: Ramesh Bidhuri skips appearing before Privileges Committee

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri excused himself from appearing before a parliamentary panel due to prior engagements in poll-bound Rajasthan. He was summoned in connection with his remarks against BSP MP Danish Ali. Several MPs had demanded action against Bidhuri, while some BJP members said Ali "incited" him. BJP has drafted…

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Government's liberal import policy cause of worry for farmers: Congress

Congress Gen. Sec. Jairam Ramesh claims Modi gov's liberal import policy causing "huge crisis" for farmers. Soyabean sold below MSP in MP & Rajasthan. Milk prices falling due to import of cheap palm oil, leading to losses for farmers. MP & Rajasthan polls next month.

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Poll announcement marks farewell of BJP in five States: Congress

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that the announcement also marks “the farewell of the BJP and its allies from these States”

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BSP to ally with Gondwana party in M.P., Chhattisgarh; will fight alone in Rajasthan, Telangana

BSP to ally with GGP in MP & Chhattisgarh, contest on own in Rajasthan & Telangana. EC must ensure free & fair elections, curb misuse of govt machinery, money power & casteism/communalism. BSP had 6 MLAs in Rajasthan in 2018, but all merged with Congress. BSP had no success in…

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Election Commission announces dates for Assembly polls in 5 States

While the BJP and the Congress are in bipolar contests in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, in Telangana, it is a triangular fight between the ruling BRS, the Congress and the BJP.

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BJP seeks to ‘test drive’ some ideas for 2024 in the five State polls announced

BJP tests new ideas/issues in five State Assembly elections; fields seven Lok Sabha MPs each in MP, Rajasthan; seeks generational change, to cut anti-incumbency; Bihar caste survey, Congress caste census challenges; BJP's response to be tested; new blood in Telangana; 2018 rural heartland distress led to PMKSN; results will shape…

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Seven MPs among 41 candidates in BJP’s first list for Rajasthan

Seven Members of Parliament, including Rajya Sabha member Kirodi Lal Meena, were among the 41 candidates by the BJP for the Assembly election in Rajasthan, as per the first list released

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2023 Assembly election: Congress banking on welfare schemes to buck anti-incumbency trend in Rajasthan

Rajasthan's ruling Congress hopes to counter anti-incumbency with welfare schemes. BJP faces factionalism, no CM face, and allegations of corruption.

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BJP releases first list of 41 candidates for Rajasthan elections, Rajyavardhan Rathore to contest polls

Hours after the Election Commission of India announced the date for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its first list of the 41 candidates for the elections.

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Radical elements with 'pro-Pakistan' mindset flourished under Congress government in Rajasthan: BJP leader Nitin Patel

BJP leader and former Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on October 9 alleged that radical elements having a “pro-Pakistan” mindset have flourished during the five-year rule of the Congress government in Rajasthan.

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Countdown to exit of Congress from Rajasthan has begun, says Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat

Gajendra Shekhawat dismissed reports that he was to be fielded in these Assembly elections, quite in the manner seven Lok Sabha members in Madhya Pradesh (of whom three are Union Ministers) had been asked to contest.

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Assembly Elections 2023 | AIMIM ready to contest polls, hopes CM KCR will win a third term

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi announced that AIMIM to contest Rajasthan elections; expresses confidence in KCR’s victory in Telangana. He also expressed solidarity with Palestine.

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EC declares election dates in five states; polling in Rajasthan on Nov 23, MP on Nov 17 and Telangana on Nov 30

The Election Commission on Monday announced the schedule for assembly polls in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana. Read further on Dynamite News

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Election Commission to announce poll schedule for five states today

The Election Commission of India is set to announce the schedule for the upcoming Assembly elections of Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News

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CWC to focus on poll strategy, caste census during meet

CWC meet to discuss caste census, poll strategies for 5 states. Congress to counter BJP's Hindutva agenda with push for caste census. Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka have announced census.

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Congress govt issues order for caste survey in Rajasthan

Ahead of the assembly polls in Rajasthan, the Congress government on Saturday night issued an order for the conduct of a caste survey in the state. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Rajasthan: 2 minor girls die by suicide after being harassed by 3 boys; police detain accused

Rajasthan police have constituted a special investigation team to probe the death of two minor girls who died allegedly by suicide after consuming poison. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gig Workers’ Bill races to beat election season in Rajasthan

Rajasthan government’s Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023, hailed as first of its kind, unlikely to be implemented before State Assembly elections. Bill empowers government to impose cess, has punitive provisions and creates Welfare Board for gig workers.

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Rajasthan government orders conduct of caste survey

Rajasthan to conduct caste survey like Bihar; CM Gehlot says it will help formulate targeted welfare schemes. The survey will be conducted by the Congress government, even after the enforcement of model code of conduct. Supreme Court has not passed any order to restrain the Bihar govt from acting on…

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