Ashok Gehlot to be Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot his deputy: Congress
December 14, 2018 17:08 IST"We will meet the governor today and will decide on the details of the oath-taking ceremony," Venugopal said.
"We will meet the governor today and will decide on the details of the oath-taking ceremony," Venugopal said.
Two-time Chief Minister Gehlot will now take the reins of the state for the third time.
In Churu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore of BJP won by 1,850 votes defeating his Congress rival Reface Mandelia. NOTA tally was 2,023 vote
Sources within the Congress said party president Rahul Gandhi has picked experienced Ashok Gehlot over Sachin Pilot to be Rajasthan CM.
Rahul Gandhi is meeting observers appointed for the three states and other senior leaders and a decision is expected only after this meeting.
People did not like the Congress President Rahul Gandhi being ‘ridiculed’, he said.
The focus has now shifted on who would be the Congress choice for chief minister between two-time CM Ashok Gehlot or the party's state unit president Sachin Pilot.
Raje won with a margin of 34,890 votes against Singh who had left the party in September and joined the Congress on October 17.
It would be naïve to conclude that a defeat in the Assembly polls would easily translate into similar outcome in these states when the electorate cast their votes for choosing the government at the Centre in 2019.
The Election Commission said 74.02 per cent of voters exercised their franchise, a tally just short of the 75.23 per cent registered in the previous assembly election.
Polling for the 199 seat out of 200 seat in Rajasthan and 119-member Telangana Assembly was underway amid tight security on Friday.
“Electioneering ended at 5 pm today. Polling will take place from 8 am to 5 pm on December 7 in 199 constituencies,” Rajasthan’s chief electoral officer Anand Kumar said.
Blasting the Congress for not looking beyond the "first family", PM Modi said that the Congress did not think of adivasis (tribals) during its four generations of governments.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday had allowed the IT Dept to reopen the tax assessment of Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi for 2011-12 in connection with the National Herald case.
Sachin Pilot, who is contesting Assembly election from Tonk, said the BJP's rule in the state has seen corruption being patronised.
The contest between CM Vasundhara Raje and former Congress leader Manvendra Singh, son of former Union Minister Jaswant Singh, on Jhalrapatan seat has attracted everyone's attention.
They (people like Mallya and Nirav Modi) did not flee during their reign (Congress) because they (Congress) had their share with them", Shah alleged. 'Chor–chor Mosere Bhai', Shah said.
Earlier at an election rally in Bansur, he alleged it was because of the Congress, which ruled India for 55 years, that the nation was in the list poor countries and claimed the party had deceived the people.
Interacting with professionals as part of his election campaigning in Rajasthan's Udaipur, Rahul Gandhi said turned a 'military asset' into a 'political asset' to in elections in Uttar Pradesh.
In 2013 polls, the BJP had swept nine out of 10 Assembly seats in Jodhpur region.
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