With Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding roadshows and targeting Congress in his rallies on the issue of corruption and crimes against women in Rajasthan. While the Congress' key campaigners focused on the gurantees to woo voters to retain power in the state.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday said that the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government provided relief to farmers in the state whereas BJP is busy waiving off loans of many big industrialists in the country.
"We had passed a proposal in Raipur that a caste-based census should be done and we have issued directions also," Gehlot said when asked by a reporter about Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's push for a nationwide caste-based census.
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.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, who is BJP election in-charge of Rajasthan, on Monday accused the Congress of trying to create a wave in its favour by telling lies and said people of the state had decided to remove the Ashok Gehlot government from power
"The government of India is playing a game. The basic excise duty that is distributed to the states has almost been finished and the new excise duty, including the additional excise duties 1, 2 and Cess, is not being distributed to the states. They are taking all the money into the centre
"The policemen of Nagaur district were going to Jhunjhnu for the Prime Minister's duty. It was around 5:30 to 6 in the morning. They had an accident with a truck in which five people died on the spot and two were injured, to whom we immediately referred to the nearest hospital. SP Nagaur
"I extend my best wishes to the team and also my advanced greeting that we win this match. The blessings of the people of Rajasthan are with Team India. It is very important for us to win this match," Ashok Gehlot said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked BJP's sole competitor Congress in poll-bound Rajasthan, alleging that the fuel prices under the Ashok Gehlot government in the state are above par in comparison to other BJP-run states.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said petrol will be cheaper by at least Rs 11.80 per litre in Rajasthan if the BJP is elected in the November 25 Assembly elections.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday alleged that the price of petrol in Rajasthan was the highest in the country because of taxes imposed by the Congress government in the state, adding that the Rajasthan government has collected tax of Rs 35,975 crore on petrol and diesel.
BJP National President JP Nadda on Friday urged voters to vote against Ashok Gehlot and stop him from coming to power again. Nadda alleged that the Gehlot government allegedly stopped the Centre's housing scheme from reaching the people of Rajasthan, depriving them of nine lakh houses tha