Playing down rumours of a fresh tussle with fellow Congress leader Sachin Pilot over the distribution of tickets for the ensuing Assembly elections, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said all party leaders were united ahead of the crucial electoral battle.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday informed that an important meeting of the Central Election Committee was held from the viewpoint of Rajasthan adding that the public will definitely bless the Congress party in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Satish Punia said that the main focus of the party is to win the upcoming Rajasthan polls and whoever is chosen as the chief minister will be accepted by everyone.
Goyal had previously contested in the 2018 Rajasthan assembly elections but was defeated by Congress' Rajendra Singh Yadav by a margin of more than 13,000 votes.
After Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot claimed that the Bhartiya Janta Party had accepted defeat in the upcoming state polls, BJP leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore reacted sharply to Gehlot's statement, saying that even if Congress brings Rahul Gandhi as a candidate in Rajasthan, the BJP will st
The Election Commission has fixed November 23 as the date of polls in Rajasthan.
However, the poll date coincides with an auspicious day for the Hindus, 'Dev Uthani Ekadashi' in which thousands of weddings are likely to take place in the state, the BJP MP pointed out.
While addressing the media on Tuesday Meghwal said, "A team has been formed for damage control. The team is being headed by MoS Kailash Choudhary. I too have spoken with 8-10 people. We hold reviews every day."
Rathore, an MP from Jaipur Rural has been named as the party candidate from Jaipur's Jhotwara seat in the first list of 41 candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls.
The Congress will begin its election campaign for the upcoming assembly election in Rajasthan from October 16 with "Kaam kiya dil se, Congress fir se" as its slogan, state party president Govind Singh Dotasra on Sunday said.
The meeting scheduled to finalise candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan is underway at the party headquarters in the national capital.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Sunday appealed to voters to make use of their voting rights and to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections.
"For the Vice President (Jagdeep Dhankhar), the CM (Ashok Gehlot) said, why is he coming now? So the Vice President will come after getting permission from him?" Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said.