Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh was sworn-in as the 20th Governor of Rajasthan on Thursday. Chief Justice of Rajasthan high court Sunil Ambwani administered the oath of office to Singh at a ceremony held at Raj Bhawan.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hit back at the Congress a day after it cited some audio clips to accuse some saffron party leaders, including Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, of conspiring to topple the Ashok Gehlot government in the state.
The prime minister, who loves to be in the media and tweets on issues, is keeping quiet on key issues, he said.
The former IPL boss took to Twitter to claim that he met Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra in London last year.
Vasundhara Raje, who will be sworn in as Rajasthan chief minister on Friday, called the Congress garbage that has been cleaned from the state.
Kapil was tired of travelling extra kilometeres due to protests at Shaheen Bagh, said his uncle. He said Kapil usually had to travel 10 km to reach home but due to protests, he had to travel 35 km.
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The polls are being viewed as a run-up to the general elections scheduled for May 2019 and will test the popularity of the government and its policies amid rising crude oil prices
'The only reason why it has taken him in is to rile the Congress and also to show, yet again, how fleet-footed the saffron camp is when it comes to raiding the pastures of its rivals,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Names of BJP veterans like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi also do not figure in the list.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was on Saturday elected unopposed as the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party in Rajasthan.
A 22-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by four men in a moving car in Ghaziabad, the police said on Wednesday.
The prime minister wrote on Twitter, 'Sir VS Naipaul will be remembered for his extensive works, which covered diverse subjects ranging from history, culture, colonialism, politics and more.'
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A galaxy of bigwigs from the world of politics, business and Bollywood attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Bharatiya Janata Party government at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
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Accusing Vasundhara Raje of 'propping up' Lalit Modi as the Rajasthan Cricket Association president during her rule, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party leader should clarify whether any state funds were pumped into the Indian Premier League. "Whatever I had alleged during the campaign in the last assembly elections -- that Modi has acted as an extra-constitutional power during the Raje regime -- has proved to be true,"Gehlot said
The rally was taken out to showcase the public angst against the steeply rising prices of commodities drew BJP supporters from across the country.
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I'The entire display is a lesson in how to turn a mountain of a collection into a molehill, notes Anjuli Bhargava after a visit to the Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur.
The incident took place early morning in Soorwal police station area when the bus was on its way to Lalsot from Sawai Madhopur.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje submitted her resignation as the leader of the opposition in the state assembly to Speaker Deependra Singh Shekhawat on Monday.
On the agenda during the session will be getting the Land Acquisition Bill, GST and other important bills passed.
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Accusing Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi of having acted as an "extra-constitutional power" during Vasundhara Raje's rule, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has claimed he used to pressurise officers for favours due to his proximity to the Bharatiya Janata Party leader.
The Karni Sena had alleged distortion of historical facts in the period drama starring Padukone, Shahid Kapur and Ranveer Singh.
'The Shaheen Bagh model of bullets and biryani won't work. The RSS looked at a template that would play to Bengali pride and harp on the state's development. Mamata's slogan to defeat the Left Front was 'Bengal awake and arise'. She promised to check the flight of capital from Bengal to far-flung states and usher in a renaissance. The RSS wants the BJP to pitch this line because it feels Mamata hasn't delivered on her promises.'
As her parting shot, Vasundhara Raje, who quit as leader of the opposition in Rajasthan, on Friday shot off a controversial letter to all Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Board members accusing the party central leadership of mishandling her resignation issue.
Modi said that mere government budget is insufficient to address the problems such as foeticide and nutrition.
The incident, which came months after the lynching of dairy farmer Pehlu Khan by suspected cow vigilantes in Alwar, has triggered an outrage.
The 58-day yatra is aimed at seeking people's mandate in the assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year.
'Nobody understands Gehlot's politics.' 'The Congress high command should wake up.'
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will hold a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Legislature Party in Jaipur on Wednesday, to chalk out the strategy for the upcoming state assembly session.According to sources, the issue of electing a new Leader of Opposition as per the direction of the party's high command is not likely to figure in the meeting. Raje has been asked by the BJP's central leadership to resign.
'Be it Shivraj Singh Chouhan or Raman Singh or Vasundhara Raje --- all of them would have won as it is. These are all leaders who would have won on their own. But the victory margins have been enriched by Modiji's campaign.'
Four people have died including one each in Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra.
'The BJP had won elections when the Akhlaq issue and award wapsi happened and the party will win this time too,' he said.
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