CP Joshi is the senior Congress leader in Rajasthan. He was the Rajasthan Assembly Speaker till 2023. He won the Nathdwara Assembly constituency five times in 1980, 1985, 1998, 2003 and 2018. However, BJP's Vishvaraj Singh Mewar defeated Joshi in the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly Elections with a margin of 7,504 votes. In the 1980 Rajasthan polls, Joshi defeated Independent candidate Hira Lal Kataria by 9,649 votes. In 1985, Joshi retained the seat by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Vijay Singh Jhala by 26,190 votes. However, Joshi was defeated by BJP's Shiv Dan Singh by 9,684 votes in 1990. CP Joshi avenged his defeat in 1998 by defeating Shiv Dan Singh with a margin of 6,647 votes and again won it in 2003 by defeating BJP's Ram Chandra Bhagora. He became the Rajasthan Cabinet Minister in the Ashok Gehlot Ministry in 1998 holding several portfolios including Education, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ground Water, Public Health Engineering, Science and Technology. In the 2008 Rajasthan Assembly polls, Joshi was defeated by BJP's Kalyan Singh Chouhan by just 1 vote. Chouhan received 62,216 votes while Joshi managed to get 62,215 votes in the election. In the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, Joshi was fielded by the Congress party from Bhilwara. He won the constituency by defeating BJP's Vijayendra Pal Singh with a margin of 1,35,368 votes. He was inducted into the Cabinet of PM Manmohan Singh as Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister in May, 2009. He held several departments including Railways, Road Transport and Highways during this period. In 2014, Joshi contested the Lok Sabha polls from Jaipur Rural against BJP's Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore but was defeated by Rathore with a massive margin of 3,32,896 votes. In 2018, Joshi contested the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha polls from his traditional seat Nathdwara and entered the Assembly yet again by defeating BJP's Mahesh Pratap Singh. He is again contesting from the Bhilwara constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 against BJP's Damodar Agarwal.
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The five assembly seats that will go for by-polls in Rajasthan are Jhunjhunu, Dausa, Deoli-Uniyara, Khinvsar, and Chaurasi.
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 Chunav Manch: Joshi's statement echoed the sentiment that the BJP has overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, instilling confidence among the electorate.
According to the list, CM Ashok Gehlot will contest from Sardarpura, Sachin Pilot to contest from Tonk, CP Joshi from Nathdwara, Divya Maderna from Osian, Govind Singh Dotasara from Lachhmangarh, and Krishna Poonia from Sadulpur.
Rajasthan Assembly Election: BJP's dilemma over Vasundhara Raje deepened after PM Modi's statement in Jaipur that BJP's symbol itself is the face of the party.
It was a politically hot day in Rajasthan on Wednesday as the Congress and BJP engaged in a war of words. Congress president Kharge claimed the BJP is frightened by I.N.D.I.A, while CP Joshi retorted by asking who divided the country for the PM post.
Rajasthan Assembly elections 2023: The yatras that will commence from Gogamedi, Beneshwardham, Trinetra Ganesh Temple and Ramdevra would be attended by local MLAs, office bearers and Union Ministers, they added.
Senior Congress leader C P Joshi is set to be the speaker of the 15th Rajasthan Assembly, party sources said on Monday.
Joshi regetted his remarks only on Friday after Congress President Rahul Gandhi called for the party leader's apology and said the views expressed by the AICC general secretary were contrary to the morals of the Congress party.
Accusing the Congress of “dividing every religion for power”, the BJP alleged that Joshi had “insulted the Indian culture as well as the Hindu religion”.
Urging party leaders to not make statements that could hurt any section of the society, Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to express disappointment as he publicly called for an apology by Congress leader CP Joshi.
While Joshi bagged 19 votes, Ruchir was able to garner 14 votes in a tough contest. Joshi was a minister in the Manmohan Singh government. This is the second time that Joshi has become RCA president.
“Due to faulty foreign diplomacy of the BJP-led government, US, China and Russia are seen standing with Pakistan,” Joshi alleged.
Jaipur: A Congress delegation led by AICC general secretary Gurudas Kamat and Rajasthan PCC chief Sachin Pilot on Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded sacking of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje for allegedly helping
Guwahati: Congress today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of working to fulfil the “hidden agenda of spreading religious fanaticism” instead of focusing on development of the country.“In last seven months, no investment has come (to
Kolkata: Without making any direct comment on the Trinamool Congress' alleged involvement in the Saradha scam, AICC general secretary C P Joshi today said any government has to face the consequence of misgovernance and misrule.“Since
Jaipur: Yet another Congress leader today attacked party Vice President Rahul Gandhi saying he has neither direction nor any policy and called him an ‘MD of a team of jokers'.Bhanwar Lal Sharma, a Rajasthan MLA
Jaipur: With most of the opinion polls projecting a debacle for Congress in the forthcoming Rajasthan assembly polls, the party has appointed former Union minister and Bhilwara MP C P Joshi as the chairman of
Patna, June 24: Amid speculation about Congress strategy on the JD(U) in Bihar following its bailing out Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the recent confidence vote, party general secretary C P Joshi is arriving here
New Delhi, May 11: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal will get additional charge of Law Ministry and Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi the Railway portfolio in the wake of resignations of incumbents Ashwani Kumar
New Delhi, Sep 24: Road Transport and Highways Minister C.P. Joshi Monday took additional charge of the railway ministry following the exit of Trinamool Congress' Mukul Roy.Joshi is MP from Bhilwara in Rajasthan.Though this is
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