Assembly Elections 2013

Discord out in open in Raj BJP camp over candidates` list

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 21:38

With the announcement of list of candidates for the December 1 Assembly elections, rebellion is out in the open among BJP rank and file in Rajasthan`s Hadoti region, once a stronghold of the opposition party.

Rajasthan polls: 151 candidates file nomination on Day 4

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 19:42

As many as 151 candidates, including 20 of BJP and 14 of Congress, Friday, filed their papers on the fourth day of filing of nominations for the December 1 Assembly elections in Rajasthan.

Reservation issue: Jat body to oppose Cong in Rajasthan Assembly polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 18:43

Accusing the Congress of adopting double standards on the Jat reservation issue, a section of the Jat community on Friday announced to oppose the party in the December 1 Assembly elections in Rajasthan.

Vasundhara Raje - Leading a resurgent BJP in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:56

With most of the opinion polls predicting a victory for the BJP in the Assembly polls in Rajasthan, all eyes are on Vasundhara Raje, the president of her party in the state and also its CM candidate for 2013 polls.

Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2013: Issues

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:46

From 1990 onwards, every election in Rajasthan has seen the Congress and the BJP trade the benches in state Assembly. So, one can ill-afford to ignore the anti-incumbency factor in the state. And least so can Ashok Gehlot, whose second coming as the Chief Minister of the state was interspersed by a term in the office for BJP’s Vasundhara Raje Scindia.

Ashok Gehlot – Battling the odds

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:32

Ashok Gehlot, the 62-year-old incumbent Chief Minister of Rajasthan, is arguably Congress’ tallest leader in the state.

60 candidates file nominations on Thursday in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 20:07

Sixty candidates including two from Congress on Thursday filed their papers on the third day of filing nominations for the ensuing Assembly polls in the state.