Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is in the eye of the storm for his remark that President Ram Nath Kovind was made the President because of caste considerations.

Congress leader and chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot has sparked a fresh row of controversy. Gehlot has said that president Ram Nath Kovind was made president because of his caste.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi refused to change half a dozen party candidates in Rajasthan for the upcoming LS election. CM Ashok Gehlot, who was in Jodhpur rushed to Delhi on Saturday when the party high command summoned him over changing the candidates whose names were announced.

The stage is all set for a high-voltage political battle here with the Congress officially fielding Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi even takes credit for the works done during the regime of previous Central governments, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot will contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections from Jodhpur parliamentary constituency.

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan got a shot in the arm on Tuesday when a dozen Independent MLAs extended support to the ruling party.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has a “hold” on the NDA-led central government as an “extra-constitutional authority”.

India may not see another election if Narendra Modi is re-elected as prime minister, Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has claimed, suggesting that the country may go the way of China and Russia.

With the Congress about to announce its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, speculation about the electoral debut of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot is gaining ground.