The Bharatiya Janata Party is edging towards victory in Rajasthan as the party is leading to majority mark in the state, as per Election Commission of India latest trends.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on 52 seats in Rajasthan and Congress is leading with 34 seats, according to the Election Commission of India latest trends.
As the counting of the votes in Rajasthan is underway, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief CP Joshi on Sunday said that the public will bless the BJP with complete majority adding that misgovernance and injustice will lose.
The initial trends show that Congress is leading on four seats in Rajasthan and BJP is leading on one seat as the counting of votes progresses in the 199-member assembly seats.
The counting of votes for 199 out of 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan began on Sunday morning after days of intense campaigning by major political parties including the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In preparations for the vote counting on December 3 in Rajasthan, State Chief Electoral Officer, Praveen Gupta said that Counting will begin at 8 am and the Postal ballots will be counted first.
Uttar Pradesh Minority Affairs Minister Danish Azad Ansari expressed confidence in his party winning in 5 states and said that due to Prime Minister Modi's development in states, people have faith in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Rajasthan Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Friday said that a neck-to-neck competition is happening between his party Congress and BJP in the state adding that independent candidates will play a crucial role if both parties get anywhere near 90-100 seats in a 200-member Assembly.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday rejected the Exit polls prediction on five states and said that only those on the ground know the reality and they do not reflect the entire picture of a state.
The exit polls on Thursday reinforced the perception of a hard contest in Rajasthan, with differences in their prediction of the winner in the crucial Hindi heartland state that has a nearly three-decade tradition of not repeating an incumbent government
Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday said that the high command after due deliberations with elected MLAs will decide the chief minister of the desert state and that there is no one in the race for the top post.