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Rajasthan polls: 544 candidates, including former CM Raje, file nomination

A total of 544 candidates, including Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, on Saturday filed nomination papers for the Assembly elections. According to the election commission, on Saturday, the fifth day of filing nomination papers for the Assembly elections, 544 candidates filed nomination papers for 191 constituencies. So far, 1079 candidates have filed 1462 nomination forms in the state. Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said that nomination papers would not be filed on Sunday, thus Monday will be the last day for filing nominations. Raje filed nomination from Jhalrapatan seat. After the nomination, she wrote on 'X', "Three and a half decades of togetherness and nomination for the 10th time!... Whatever I am today is because of my Jhalawar family. Assembly Speaker Dr Joshi filed his nomination for the Nathdwara seat. Voting for 200 seats in the state is to be held on November 25.

'No guarantee': Vasundhara Raje's jibe at Priyanka Gandhi's poll promise

Slamming the Congress party, BJP leader Vasundhara Raje said that the grand old party makes many promises to the people before elections and never fulfils them

Rajasthan Assembly polls 2023 LIVE: BJP claims MCC violation by Congress

Rajasthan state Assembly elections LIVE: Catch all the latest updates of Rajasthan elections 2023 here

Rajasthan Assembly polls 2023 LIVE: BJP slams Gehlot govt on priest killing

Rajasthan Assembly polls LIVE: Catch all the latest updates of Rajasthan elections here

Raj polls: BJP names 83 candidates, fields Vasundhara Raje from Jhalrapatan

The BJP on Saturday named 83 more candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, including former chief minister Vasundhara Raje from her traditional Jhalrapatan seat. Fifty incumbent MLAs have been given tickets while nine have not been renominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has also not named any MP in the second list. Of the 83 candidates, 10 are women. With this, the BJP has so far named 124 candidates for the November 25 polls to the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly. Some of the supporters of Raje, including two former state ministers, have also been given tickets. The saffron party has decided to field Narpat Singh Rajvi from Chittorgarh after its earlier decision to deny the five-term MLA, who is the son-in-law of BJP stalwart Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, renomination from his Vidhyadhar Nagar seat. This triggered a backlash from a section of party workers. The BJP leadership's about turn on Rajvi's candidature is being seen as a damage-control exercise after the l

BJP should not punish Vasundhara Raje because of me, says Rajasthan CM

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke on his policy of 'forgive and forget' regarding the 2020 revolt led by Sachin Pilot and affirmed unity within the Congress

All you need to know about Vasundhara Raje, Rajasthan's former CM from BJP

Vasundhara Raje is a two-time chief minister of Rajasthan and winner of the 'Women Together Award'. Here is everything you need to know about BJP's most popular face in Rajasthan

The lady who deserved better

Vasundhara Raje may have had her faults but she is an unconventional and brave leader whose alienation from her party is now too deep to be corrected

Ahead of Rajasthan elections, Devi Singh Bhati rejoins BJP after 4 years

Bhati had tendered his resignation in 2019 after BJP decided to give a ticket to MP and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to contest the Lok Sabha elections

Shah, Nadda hold discussion with Rajasthan BJP leaders on upcoming poll

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday held discussions with the party's Rajasthan leadership here on the upcoming state Assembly election, amid a buzz that two central ministers might be asked to contest. The speculation comes on the heels of the party naming three Union ministers and four other MPs in its second list of candidates for the Madhya Pradesh polls, also due by the year end. Shah and Nadda arrived in Jaipur on a special plane on Wednesday evening and headed to a hotel near the airport where the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) core committee meeting started. Party sources said Shah and Nadda first held a meeting with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje that lasted around 15 minutes. After this, the two proceeded to meet senior leaders and discussed constituencies and election strategy. Feedback on four parivartan yatras that concluded recently were also taken. Union minister and party's election in-charge for Rajasthan Pralhad Joshi, ..

BJP's Vasundhara Raje targets Rajasthan govt over crime against women

'There is a limit to tolerance,' says former chief minister Vasundhara Raje while addressing a rally that saw a huge participation from women

No rift in Rajasthan BJP: Dhami on Raje's absence from party event

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday dismissed speculation about factionalism within the BJP's Rajasthan unit after veteran leader Vasundhara Raje was left off the party's Parivartan Sankalp Yatra on her home turf. The absence of Raje, a former Rajasthan chief minister and Union minister, from the event in Jhalawar -- which she has represented for 33 years in various capacities -- triggered speculation of a rift within the party. However, Dhami -- who arrived in Kota for the event in Jhalawar -- brushed aside the speculations. He also expressed confidence that the BJP will return to power in Rajasthan, where assembly elections are due later this year. Asked about the Congress' claims of factionalism in the party due to Raje's absence from the programme, Dhami told reporters, "The BJP is the largest party not only in the country but the world. Everyone in the party is working unitedly and the BJP will return to power here (Rajasthan)." Former BJP MLA Heeralal

Rajasthan elections: BJP suspends Kailash Meghwal over corruption claims

BJP has suspended the Rajasthan MLA after he publicly called Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal 'Corrupt number one'

Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: All you need to know about the state

Here is everything you need to know about the state ahead of the Rajasthan State Assembly Elections 2023

Rajasthan elections: BJP to kick start four 'Parivartan Yatras' next month

Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat expected to participate along with other senior members

Rajasthan elections: BJP announces 2 key committees, Vasundhara Raje absent

Former CM Vasundhara Raje was not mentioned in BJP announcement for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections

Sachin Pilot targets former CM Vasundhara Raje over corruption cases

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday targeted ex-chief minister Vasundhara Raje over alleged corruption cases.

Cong tried to topple Bhairon Singh Shekhawat govt: Raje responds to Gehlot

Raje also said that Shekhawat's role has been important in bringing her into politics

Still have 6 months time: Pilot urges Rajasthan govt to act on corruption

Pilot had started his yatra on May 11 to protest against the inaction of the Rajasthan government in the alleged corruption cases during the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP govt

Gehlot mocks Raje after former Rajasthan CM's 'milk-and-lemon' remark

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday mocked his predecessor Vasundhara Raje after she rejected allegations of collusion with him. BJP leader Raje last week rejected allegations of collusion with Gehlot as a lie and said milk and lemon juice do not go together. Speaking to reporters during his visit to Bikaner, Gehlot said his government did not stop schemes of the previous BJP regime and even carried forward its Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project. "We do not stop their schemes but our (previous Congress regime) schemes were stopped by the former government (BJP dispensation) and this is the difference between 'milk' and 'lemon'," Gehlot said. The senior Congress leader also highlighted the state government's various works, schemes and programmes and exuded confidence of the Congress returning to power in the assembly elections, due later this year. Raje last week said a lie was being spread as part of a conspiracy. "Can milk and lemon juice ever mix?" she had asked dur