Rajasthan is set to go to polls on November 25. Here is the election scenario on the day before the polling in the state.
Star campaigners
Congress
- Party president Mallikarjun Kharge
- MP Rahul Gandhi
- Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi
- Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
- Former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot
BJP
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- Party president JP Nadda
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
- Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje
What are the key issues?
BJP
- Appeasement politics
- Hindutva
- Question paper leak
- Crime against women
- Corruption, 'Red diary'
- Face of PM Modi
Congress
- Guarantees
- Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project
- Capitalist central government
- Populist schemes and face of Ashok Gehlot
- Number of rebels who can affect the result
- 20 out of 200
What are the promises made by the parties?
Congress
- Caste-based census
- Bill for the procurement of farm crops on Minimum Support Price (MSP)
- A new scheme for recruitment at the panchayat level
- 4 lakh government jobs in five years
- An annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to the woman head of the family
- LPG cylinders at Rs 500 to 1.04 crore families
- Purchase of dung from cattle rearers at Rs 2 per kg
- Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme to be made from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh
- Law for the old pension scheme for government employees.
- Free laptops/tablets for students taking admission to government colleges
- Insurance covers up to Rs 15 lakh per family to compensate for losses due to natural calamity
- By bringing RTE law in the state, education up to 12th will be made free in private educational institutions
- MNREGA and Indira Gandhi urban employment will be increased from 125 to 150 days
- Merchant Credit Card Scheme will be started to provide interest-free loans of up to 5 lakh rupees to small traders and shopkeepers
- Villages and hamlets with a population of up to 100 will be connected by road
- Security guards will be deployed in every village and urban ward
BJP
- Purchase of wheat at an MSP of Rs 2,700 per quintal
- Comprehensive compensation plan for farmers whose land has been acquired for various projects
- Anti-Romeo Squads and Mahila Thana in every district
- Savings bond of Rs 2 lakh for girls
- Free Scooty Scheme for meritorious students pursuing higher education
- Rs 2,000 crore corpus fund to promote tourism
- Special Investigation Team to probe paper leaks and other alleged scams in the Congress government
- 2.5 lakh government jobs in five years
- Rs 40,000 crore for Bhamashah Health Infrastructure Mission
- Free ration to poor families under PM Garib Kalyan Yojna for five years,
- A special police cell for investigating sleeper cells of anti-national forces and an anti-gangster task force.
Prominent faces
BJP
Vasundhara Raje - former CM - Jhalarapatan - won with a margin of 34980
Diya Kumari - sitting MP - Vidyadhar Nagar
Baba Balaknath - sitting MP - Tijara
Kirori Lal Meena- Rajya Sabha Member - Sawai Madhopur
Rajendra Rathore - leader of opposition - Taranagar - won with a margin of 1850 from Churu, this time seat changed
Rajyavardhan Singh - sitting MP - Jhotwada
Congress
Ashok Gehlot - chief minister - Sadarpura - won with a margin of 45597
Sachin Pilot - former deputy CM - Tonk - won with a margin of 54179
CP Joshi - Speaker of Rajasthan assembly - Nathdwara - won with a margin of 16940
Shanti Dhariwal - cabinet minister - Kota North - won with a margin of 17945
Gaurav Vallabh - national spokesperson - Udaipur - new face
Harish Choudhary - incharge of Punjab Congress - Baytu - won with a margin of 13,803
