Rajasthan Polls 2018

The rift between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps in Rajasthan, which started soon after the 2018 Assembly polls, seems far from over even after the completion of Lok Sabha elections in the desert state.

Despite its declining usage, with a notable drop from 1.41 per cent in 2018 to 0.97 per cent in recent polls, the presence of NOTA continues to impact election dynamics subtly yet significantly.

The voting percentage in Rajasthan, which votes out the incumbent government at every election, was marginally higher than the last time. In 2018, 74.24 per cent people had voted in the election, the corresponding figure was 74.62 per cent this time.

Who is Congress leader Sachin Pilot, the man who helped the party to win the 2018 Rajasthan election, only to stage an attempted coup two years later that almost brought it down?

Sachin Pilot's stature as a national-level Congress leader and his outreach to allay concerns of sections of influential communities here ahead of assembly polls has boosted his re-election bid from this constituency.

The BJP, which won 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where it had lost the 2018 assembly polls to the Congress, saw its vote share increase from 54.94 per cent in 2014 to 58.5 per cent in this general election.

In a declaration that the Congress was back in the saddle, Rajasthan's new deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who had pledged not to wear a turban till his party returns to power in the state, proudly sported a red bandhej safa on Monday.

A galaxy of political leaders and Congress workers will descend on the premises of the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur on Monday for the oath-taking ceremony of Ashok Gehlot as chief minister of Rajasthan there.

Electoral revival in major Hindi heartland states and democratisation of Congress party's organizations were the hallmarks of Rahul Gandhi's first year as the party president.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who will be taking oath as chief minister of Rajasthan Monday, said outgoing chief minister Vasundhara Raje was "careless" in fulfilling people's expectations despite a huge mandate in the last elections.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said farmers in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will soon get a loan waiver as promised by the party.

Rahul Gandhi has finally ticked some very important boxes in his tenure as Congress President and can now happily take his new year break.

Rajasthan Results 2018: Ashok Gehlot who emerged Friday as the Congress party's choice for the chief minister's post in Rajasthan, faced serious opposition in the race to the chief minister's post in 1998 and 2008 as well, with Jat leaders in the Congress opposing him.

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said there is a "great deal of agrarian distress" in the country that may have reflected in the voting pattern in the recent assembly polls, but asserted it will be a "grave error of judgement" to call assembly results a trend-setter for Lok Sabha elections.

Rajasthan Election Results 2018: Sachin Pilot today appealed to Congress workers for "peace and decorum" amid reports of his supporters blocking the highway in the tense race for the post of Rajasthan chief minister.

The rift between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps in Rajasthan, which started soon after the 2018 Assembly polls, seems far from over even after the completion of Lok Sabha elections in the desert state.

Despite its declining usage, with a notable drop from 1.41 per cent in 2018 to 0.97 per cent in recent polls, the presence of NOTA continues to impact election dynamics subtly yet significantly.

The voting percentage in Rajasthan, which votes out the incumbent government at every election, was marginally higher than the last time. In 2018, 74.24 per cent people had voted in the election, the corresponding figure was 74.62 per cent this time.

Who is Congress leader Sachin Pilot, the man who helped the party to win the 2018 Rajasthan election, only to stage an attempted coup two years later that almost brought it down?

Sachin Pilot's stature as a national-level Congress leader and his outreach to allay concerns of sections of influential communities here ahead of assembly polls has boosted his re-election bid from this constituency.

The BJP, which won 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where it had lost the 2018 assembly polls to the Congress, saw its vote share increase from 54.94 per cent in 2014 to 58.5 per cent in this general election.

In a declaration that the Congress was back in the saddle, Rajasthan's new deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who had pledged not to wear a turban till his party returns to power in the state, proudly sported a red bandhej safa on Monday.

A galaxy of political leaders and Congress workers will descend on the premises of the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur on Monday for the oath-taking ceremony of Ashok Gehlot as chief minister of Rajasthan there.

Electoral revival in major Hindi heartland states and democratisation of Congress party's organizations were the hallmarks of Rahul Gandhi's first year as the party president.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who will be taking oath as chief minister of Rajasthan Monday, said outgoing chief minister Vasundhara Raje was "careless" in fulfilling people's expectations despite a huge mandate in the last elections.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said farmers in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will soon get a loan waiver as promised by the party.

Rahul Gandhi has finally ticked some very important boxes in his tenure as Congress President and can now happily take his new year break.

Rajasthan Results 2018: Ashok Gehlot who emerged Friday as the Congress party's choice for the chief minister's post in Rajasthan, faced serious opposition in the race to the chief minister's post in 1998 and 2008 as well, with Jat leaders in the Congress opposing him.

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said there is a "great deal of agrarian distress" in the country that may have reflected in the voting pattern in the recent assembly polls, but asserted it will be a "grave error of judgement" to call assembly results a trend-setter for Lok Sabha elections.

Rajasthan Election Results 2018: Sachin Pilot today appealed to Congress workers for "peace and decorum" amid reports of his supporters blocking the highway in the tense race for the post of Rajasthan chief minister.