[ad_1] At the review meeting, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge is also said to have agreed that the Rajasthan campaign seemed person-centric. (PTI/File) Insiders say leaders at the Congress’s post-mortem meeting for Rajasthan pointed at the fact that the campaign was one-sided. A source quoted Rahul Gandhi as saying: “It seemed all about posters and hoardings.”…
[ad_1] Overall, Congress repeated 98 MLAs but 65% of them lost — 17 out of 26 ministers out in the contest also lost. (PTI/File) Rajasthan election 2023: Election campaign consultancy called ‘Designboxed’ had designed the Congress campaign, complete with ‘guarantee camps’ and bright hoardings with Ashok Gehlot’s face across the state. But all of that…
[ad_1] Last Updated: December 04, 2023, 00:51 IST The results will also deny the Congress an upper hand while bargaining for seats with allies in the opposition INDIA bloc that aims to oust the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the 2024 general elections. (Photo: PTI) Regaining control of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the Congress and…
[ad_1] Over the next few days, the BJP will dismiss the INDIA bloc as a factor. (File pic/PTI) The Congress has always claimed that it’s the only party capable of putting up a one-on-one fight against the BJP. This assertion now stands discredited Even as the Congress is nursing its wounds after facing defeat in…
[ad_1] Exit poll projections have created an air of anticipation by throwing up a few twists. It is true that, in the past, individual exit polls have missed the mark. But when their projections have been aggregated, they have been reasonably helpful in giving us an idea of the prevailing mood among voters. And so…
[ad_1] Women wait to cast their votes for the Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Ajmer on November 25, 2023. (PTI) Why have political parties promised different amounts of yearly assistance to women voters in different states? BJP and Congress leaders cite three main reasons — extent of the allowance on the per-capita income of a particular…
[ad_1] Do people vote for ‘guarantees’ and development, or do they still vote for their caste? While the Lok Sabha elections in the Narendra Modi era have risen above caste or guarantees, the caste factor still prevails strongly in state elections. In Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan or Telangana, the caste factor reigns supreme. The popular notion…
[ad_1] Rajasthan has a special relationship with NOTA as it was one of the few states allowed the ‘None of the Above’ option for voters on the EVM in the 2013 Assembly elections following a Supreme Court order. As the state votes again on Saturday, News18 takes a look at how often voters in Rajasthan…
[ad_1] In the interview to News18, Union Minister and BJP MP from Jodhpur Gajendra Shekhawat also called the Gehlot-Pilot unity show a facade. (PTI/File) Rajasthan Election 2023: In an interview to News18, Union Minister and BJP MP from Jodhpur Gajendra Shekhawat said Ashok Gehlot will lose from the Sardarpura seat. The senior BJP leader, however,…
[ad_1] Examination paper leaks have almost become a norm in Rajasthan. In this tenure itself, at least 14 cases of examination paper leaks have impacted around 1 crore youngsters. This is key because as many as 48.92 lakh voters are first voters in Rajasthan and thus play a major decisive role. Their frustration from the…
