Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018

The BJP, which won 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where it had lost the 2018 assembly polls to the Congress, saw its vote share increase from 54.94 per cent in 2014 to 58.5 per cent in this general election.

Sachin Pilot, senior Congress leader and till recently, one of the contenders for the top job in Rajasthan, today said sharing power with party veteran Ashok Gehlot just means they had to work "twice as hard".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is credited for steering his party to win in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, has acknowledged the contribution of his team members.

In a declaration that the Congress was back in the saddle, Rajasthan's new deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who had pledged not to wear a turban till his party returns to power in the state, proudly sported a red bandhej safa on Monday.

A galaxy of political leaders and Congress workers will descend on the premises of the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur on Monday for the oath-taking ceremony of Ashok Gehlot as chief minister of Rajasthan there.

Electoral revival in major Hindi heartland states and democratisation of Congress party's organizations were the hallmarks of Rahul Gandhi's first year as the party president.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who will be taking oath as chief minister of Rajasthan Monday, said outgoing chief minister Vasundhara Raje was "careless" in fulfilling people's expectations despite a huge mandate in the last elections.

Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath, the designated to be the chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively have invited Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for their swearing-in ceremonies.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said farmers in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will soon get a loan waiver as promised by the party.

Rahul Gandhi has finally ticked some very important boxes in his tenure as Congress President and can now happily take his new year break.

Rajasthan Results 2018: Ashok Gehlot who emerged Friday as the Congress party's choice for the chief minister's post in Rajasthan, faced serious opposition in the race to the chief minister's post in 1998 and 2008 as well, with Jat leaders in the Congress opposing him.

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said there is a "great deal of agrarian distress" in the country that may have reflected in the voting pattern in the recent assembly polls, but asserted it will be a "grave error of judgement" to call assembly results a trend-setter for Lok Sabha elections.

Rajasthan Election Results 2018: Sachin Pilot today appealed to Congress workers for "peace and decorum" amid reports of his supporters blocking the highway in the tense race for the post of Rajasthan chief minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah met BJP MPs today for the first time after the party suffered its worse state election defeats since taking power at the centre in 2014.

Assembly Election Results 2018: Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath have an edge over Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia to be chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively, sources have told NDTV. Rahul Gandhi will make an announcement at around 4 pm today, where he will officially reveal the names of the chief ministers.

The BJP, which won 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where it had lost the 2018 assembly polls to the Congress, saw its vote share increase from 54.94 per cent in 2014 to 58.5 per cent in this general election.

Sachin Pilot, senior Congress leader and till recently, one of the contenders for the top job in Rajasthan, today said sharing power with party veteran Ashok Gehlot just means they had to work "twice as hard".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is credited for steering his party to win in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, has acknowledged the contribution of his team members.

In a declaration that the Congress was back in the saddle, Rajasthan's new deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who had pledged not to wear a turban till his party returns to power in the state, proudly sported a red bandhej safa on Monday.

A galaxy of political leaders and Congress workers will descend on the premises of the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur on Monday for the oath-taking ceremony of Ashok Gehlot as chief minister of Rajasthan there.

Electoral revival in major Hindi heartland states and democratisation of Congress party's organizations were the hallmarks of Rahul Gandhi's first year as the party president.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who will be taking oath as chief minister of Rajasthan Monday, said outgoing chief minister Vasundhara Raje was "careless" in fulfilling people's expectations despite a huge mandate in the last elections.

Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath, the designated to be the chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively have invited Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for their swearing-in ceremonies.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said farmers in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will soon get a loan waiver as promised by the party.

Rahul Gandhi has finally ticked some very important boxes in his tenure as Congress President and can now happily take his new year break.

Rajasthan Results 2018: Ashok Gehlot who emerged Friday as the Congress party's choice for the chief minister's post in Rajasthan, faced serious opposition in the race to the chief minister's post in 1998 and 2008 as well, with Jat leaders in the Congress opposing him.

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said there is a "great deal of agrarian distress" in the country that may have reflected in the voting pattern in the recent assembly polls, but asserted it will be a "grave error of judgement" to call assembly results a trend-setter for Lok Sabha elections.

Rajasthan Election Results 2018: Sachin Pilot today appealed to Congress workers for "peace and decorum" amid reports of his supporters blocking the highway in the tense race for the post of Rajasthan chief minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah met BJP MPs today for the first time after the party suffered its worse state election defeats since taking power at the centre in 2014.

Assembly Election Results 2018: Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath have an edge over Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia to be chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively, sources have told NDTV. Rahul Gandhi will make an announcement at around 4 pm today, where he will officially reveal the names of the chief ministers.