"This time there will be shocking results in Rajasthan": Congress' Ashok Gehlot
Apr 02, 2024
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], April 2 : Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said that Home Minister Amit Shah's meetings are failing in the state and this time there will be shocking results in Rajasthan in the Lok Sabha elections.
"Amit Shah's meetings are failing. He is just doing roadshows. In the last elections, PM Modi, other state Chief Ministers and Union Ministers made false allegations against the Congress government. Now they should answer what is the situation. This time there will be shocking results in Rajasthan," he said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi will address a public meeting in Rajasthan's Kothrutali today.
Rajasthan Chief Minister, Bhajanlal Sharma arrived in the national capital on Monday evening to discuss issues related to the Lok Sabha elections with senior BJP leaders.
The 25 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan will go to the polls in two phases. In Phase 1 of polling in the state on April 19, which is also the opening phase of the seven-phased elections, voting will be conducted for 12 seats. The remaining 13 seats in the state will be contested in the second phase on April 26.
Bypolls for 26 Assembly seats in the state will also be held alongside the Lok Sabha elections. Nearly 96.8 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in the upcoming general elections at over 12 lakh polling stations.
Under Phase 1, on April 19, polling will be held in Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, and Nagaur.
Phase 2 of polling on April 26 will take place in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, and Jhalawar-Baran.
The BJP won all 25 parliamentary seats in Rajasthan in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. However, in 2019, the BJP bagged 24 seats while the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) managed to secure the other remaining seat.