Shanti Dhariwal

As Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his predecessor Vasundhara Raje vie for another stint at the helm in Rajasthan, their close confidants are battling it out in the Kota North assembly constituency.

Days after the Congress fielded Ashok Gehlot loyalist Shanti Dhariwal from the Kota North assembly seat in Rajasthan, senior leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday said he was "absolutely okay" with whatever decision the party has taken.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's loyalist Shanti Dhariwal has finally got a ticket -- from the Kota North seat. But Mr Gehlot's key loyalist and confidante, Dharmendra Rathore, was bypassed again.

A 2022 episode of the Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot saga came back to haunt one of the Rajasthan chief minister's close aides when the Congress high command objected to his name figuring on the list of probable candidates for the state elections.

Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal has said love affair was a reason behind many suicide cases among students, including a 16-year-old girl who died at her hostel recently, provoking her father to ask him for evidence.

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat attacked Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal for his remark last year that linked "masculinity" with rapes, and said the Congress leader should be "thrown into the Arabian Sea" for his comments.

Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Friday spoke out against the remarks by fellow Congress leader Shanti Kumar Dhariwal on dissident leader Sachin Pilot, saying one should "refrain" from making such comments.

Nine Rajasthan Congress MLAs, including four ministers, are having a meeting at the home of Shanti Dhariwal - an Ashok Gehlot loyalist - ahead of the crucial party meet where the next Chief Minister will be named.

Rajasthan parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal's crude remarks trying to explain away the rise in rape cases in state has drawn the opposition's ire.

Amid an uproar by the Opposition MLAs over his remarks in the House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Thursday tendered an apology saying it was "a slip of tongue".

The Rajasthan Assembly on Monday passed three bills to counter the farm laws enacted by the Centre with the state following the example of Congress-run Punjab and Chhattisgarh.

Rajasthan Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal alleged that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was "very disturbed" with the RSS ideologies.

A Rajasthan minister has invoked Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's scepticism over cow worship, triggering protests by the opposition BJP.

BJP leader Vasudev Devnani on Tuesday condemned state minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal's remark calling cow an "animal" and hurting sentiments of the people.

The Rajasthan government on Tuesday appointed three cabinet committees and one inter-departmental committee of ministers and officials for various matters, including reviewing the decisions taken by the previous BJP government in the last six months.

As Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his predecessor Vasundhara Raje vie for another stint at the helm in Rajasthan, their close confidants are battling it out in the Kota North assembly constituency.

Days after the Congress fielded Ashok Gehlot loyalist Shanti Dhariwal from the Kota North assembly seat in Rajasthan, senior leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday said he was "absolutely okay" with whatever decision the party has taken.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's loyalist Shanti Dhariwal has finally got a ticket -- from the Kota North seat. But Mr Gehlot's key loyalist and confidante, Dharmendra Rathore, was bypassed again.

A 2022 episode of the Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot saga came back to haunt one of the Rajasthan chief minister's close aides when the Congress high command objected to his name figuring on the list of probable candidates for the state elections.

Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal has said love affair was a reason behind many suicide cases among students, including a 16-year-old girl who died at her hostel recently, provoking her father to ask him for evidence.

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat attacked Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal for his remark last year that linked "masculinity" with rapes, and said the Congress leader should be "thrown into the Arabian Sea" for his comments.

Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Friday spoke out against the remarks by fellow Congress leader Shanti Kumar Dhariwal on dissident leader Sachin Pilot, saying one should "refrain" from making such comments.

Nine Rajasthan Congress MLAs, including four ministers, are having a meeting at the home of Shanti Dhariwal - an Ashok Gehlot loyalist - ahead of the crucial party meet where the next Chief Minister will be named.

Rajasthan parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal's crude remarks trying to explain away the rise in rape cases in state has drawn the opposition's ire.

Amid an uproar by the Opposition MLAs over his remarks in the House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Thursday tendered an apology saying it was "a slip of tongue".

The Rajasthan Assembly on Monday passed three bills to counter the farm laws enacted by the Centre with the state following the example of Congress-run Punjab and Chhattisgarh.

Rajasthan Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal alleged that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was "very disturbed" with the RSS ideologies.

A Rajasthan minister has invoked Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's scepticism over cow worship, triggering protests by the opposition BJP.

BJP leader Vasudev Devnani on Tuesday condemned state minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal's remark calling cow an "animal" and hurting sentiments of the people.

The Rajasthan government on Tuesday appointed three cabinet committees and one inter-departmental committee of ministers and officials for various matters, including reviewing the decisions taken by the previous BJP government in the last six months.