Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was born into a family of professional magicians in Jodhpur. | Photo Credit: PTI Terming himself as ‘Pratham Sewak‘ of the people of Jodhpur, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on June 4 said if the need arises he would earn money by performing magic tricks, but would not let the people … Read more
Congress MLA Pratap Singh Khachariyawas. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress government in Rajasthan survived a rebellion in 2020 because 102 MLAs reposed faith in the “strong leadership” of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, so no one else should wrongly claim credit for it, State Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said on May 9. His … Read more
Jaipur: A new website called ‘Raj Health portal’ (rajhealth.rajasthan.gov.in) was launched by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday for maintaining real-time data of doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, officers and non-gazetted employees of the department of medical, health and family welfare. It is estimated that the state has around 1.5 lakh employees are working at health … Read more
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. File | Photo Credit: Rohit Jain Paras Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. Both the leaders released the information about contracting the coronavirus, on their Twitter handles. Mr. Gehlot said the COVID cases … Read more
Widows of Pulwama attack victims Rohitash Lamba, Jeetram Gurjar and Hemraj Meena during a protest against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in Jaipur, on March 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress government in Rajasthan is facing heat over the demands raised by the widows of three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, killed … Read more
Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday flagged the “inordinate delay” by the party’s leadership in taking action against those who had “defied” then party president Sonia Gandhi by not letting a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting take place. He also said a decision on the party’s affairs in Rajasthan must be taken soon if … Read more
Ajay Maken is unwilling to continue as AICC‘s Rajasthan in-charge. File | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui Senior Congress leader and All India Congress Committee general secretary for Rajasthan, Ajay Maken, has expressed his “inability” to continue as Rajasthan in-charge. The letter comes at a time when supporters of Sachin Pilot have mounted a fresh offensive … Read more
The Congress’ Rajasthan government has come under heavy criticism over a viral video showing pigs licking plates meant to serve food in a subsidised canteen set up by the state government. The Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government had set up subsidised canteens across the state under the Indira Rasoi Yojana during the Covid pandemic. The canteens … Read more
Upcoming ‘Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022’ gives the Chief Minister the opportunity to show all is well after he lost the opportunity to be next Congress president Upcoming ‘Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022’ gives the Chief Minister the opportunity to show all is well after he lost the opportunity to be next Congress president Almost a week after the Congress … Read more
Congress observers returned to Delhi on Monday to give their feedback about political developments in Rajasthan to the party high command, after a failure to hold a meeting of the legislature party to decide on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot‘s successor. Congress had appointed its senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajasthan incharge Ajay Maken as observers … Read more