Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday predicted that the BJP is not going to win in any of the five poll-going states, remarks that came hours ahead of the exit polls expected to be out later in the day.
Vaibhav Gehlot, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday cast his vote in the Assembly elections and expressed his confidence in Congress repeating the government in the state.
A day ahead of the Assembly elections, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday reaffirmed that the Congress will return to power, putting an end to the three-decade-old alternatimg government trend in the western state.
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday hit out at Rajasthan Chief Minister over his remarks about an "undercurrent" in favour of Congress and said Ashok Gehlot held similarly underestimated support for BJP in the 2013 assembly polls when the party won 163 seats.
Upbeat over his party's chances of returning to power in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said there was a strong undercurrent in favour of the ruling Congress in the state.
In an interview with ANI, speaking about his role after the election result, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, "My role has always been whatever the high command wants. I do not decide my own role. The role that high command will give me, I will stick to that"
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot made an emotional appeal to voters on Tuesday as assembly elections draw near in the state. He urged voters to consider his image, even if the local candidate has limited impact, stating, "Imagine that I am contesting from all these 200 seats."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on the Congress government in Rajasthan and the party high command in the national capital over its guarantees to farmers in the poll-bound state.
Bharatiya Janata Party, National President JP Nadda slammed Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and accused Congress government in Rajasthan of committing an old age pension scam of Rs 450 crore and alleged that the state has recorded highest number of rapes.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda hit out at the Congress government in Rajasthan while addressing a public meeting at Osian in Jodhpur on Saturday.
Bharatiya Janata Party president, JP Nadda on Saturday took a swipe at Congress leader Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and asserted that in Rajasthan, Gehlot did not govern; instead, there was merely a power struggle between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot for the leadership po