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.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said that Madhuram Jaipal, the farmer who alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party misused his picture in a poster, called on him and told him that his goodwill was lost after the opposition party put up the hoardings across the poll-bound state.
"Yesterday I was at a function organised by a prominent Tai Ahom youth organisation. I demanded a caste census in Assam on the lines of the Bihar and Rajasthan model. We need to ensure that the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities receive dignity and justice," Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said i
As Rajasthan heads towards the State Assembly Elections 2023, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is set to visit the state's capital Jaipur today. The Union education minister will be on a one-day visit to the state and also hold the divisional meeting of the BJP.
Rajasthan police have constituted a special investigation team to probe the death of two minor girls who died allegedly by suicide after consuming poison on Saturday.
Rajasthan will become the second state in the country after Bihar to conduct Caste based Survey after the state government passed an order on Saturday to conduct the survey.
"I always say that the 'Right to Social Security' act should be made in this country... If all these laws are made, then who will get benefits and who won't, who is eligible and who is not, all these things will be clear once a survey is conducted... We are going to do this", Gehlot stated.
"The BJP is afraid of Rahul Gandhi. The BJP is creating an environment of fear and violence across the country. The Congress is not scared of it", he told reporters in Rajasthan's Jaipur.
ECI on Friday organised briefing meeting for general, police and expenditure observers for the assembly elections in five states: Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana.
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday took a jibe at the Rajasthan government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over the 'vision document' launched by the latter in the wake of the state assembly polls.