Vasundhara Raje
11th Chief Minister of Rajasthan
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Vasundhara Raje Scindia is an Indian politician, who has held two terms as the chief minister of Rajasthan. She was previously a minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was India's first Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries, which now known as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. In 2003, she became the first woman to serve as the Chief Minister for the state of Rajasthan. She is currently one of the national vice presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A member of the Scindia family, she is also the matriarch of the Bamraulia family of Dholpur.
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Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: BJP's Vasundhara Raje wins Jhalrapatan seat, secures 1,38,831 votesAccording to the Election Commission's website, Raje won the Jhalrapatan seat by a margin of 53,193 votes.DNA - Published | Rajasthan assembly polls: BJP surges ahead of CongressBJP leading in nearly 100 seats in Rajasthan assembly polls, crossing halfway mark; Congress ahead in 77 seats; BAP, CPI (M), and BSP leading on a few seats each; RLP and RLD leading on one seat each;..IndiaTimes - Published |
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Vasundhara Raje files nomination from Jhalrapatan for 5th time, dismisses talks of retirementFormer chief minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, has filed her nomination for the Jhalrapatan assembly seat for the fifth time, dismissing rumors of her retirement from politics. Raje made the..IndiaTimes - Published | 544 candidates, including former CM Vasundhara Raje, file nomination papers for Rajasthan electionsA total of 544 candidates, including Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, on Saturday filed nomination papers for the Assembly elections. According to the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Rajasthan assembly elections: Ashok Gehlot challenges Vasundhara Raje to debate on Congress's 7 poll guaranteesAshok Gehlot has challenged former BJP chief minister Vasundhara Raje to a debate on the seven guarantees being given by the Congress party for the upcoming Rajasthan elections in 2023. Raje had..IndiaTimes - Published | 61 on new Congress lists for Rajasthan polls, no seat yet for controversial 3Congress released its fourth and fifth candidate lists for the Rajasthan assembly elections on November 25. However, they haven't yet nominated a contender for the Jhalrapatan constituency currently..IndiaTimes - Published |
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Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: BJP names 83 more candidates, fields Maharana Pratap's descendentFormer Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje also figures in BJP's latest list for the state assembly elections.DNA - Published | BJP’s 2nd list for Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje retained from Jhalara Patan, Rajendra Singh Rathore shifted to TaranagarThe BJP has released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly polls. Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has been retained as the party nominee from her traditional Jhalara..IndiaTimes - Published |
Rajasthan elections: Vasundhara Raje in BJP's second list; Congress fields Ashok Gehlot from Sardarpura, Sachin Pilot from TonkThe BJP and Congress have released their candidate lists for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections. The BJP has named 83 candidates, including former CM Vasundhara Raje, while the Congress has..IndiaTimes - Published | I want to leave CM's chair, but it does not want to leave me: Ashok GehlotRajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has claimed unity within his party and expressed support for the Sachin Pilot camp in securing election tickets. He criticized the BJP for sidelining his..IndiaTimes - Published |
Congress fails to spell out contours of 'peace proposal' for Ashok Gehlot, Sachin PilotSources said a fresh standoff may be in the offing since Pilot's ultimatum to Gehlot to address corruption issues in the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government, among others, ends on May 31 and remains..IndiaTimes - Published | Top Rajasthan Congress leaders in huddle over Pilot's march against corruptionTop leaders in the Congress' Rajasthan unit went into a huddle on Friday to chalk out a strategy to tackle the challenge thrown by Sachin Pilot, who has launched a foot march against corruption in the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Day ahead of Karnataka polls, Sachin Pilot attacks Ashok Gehlot againFormer Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot taunted CM Ashok Gehlot yet again on Tuesday, saying the latter’s “leader” was not party supremo Sonia Gandhi but BJP former chief minister..IndiaTimes - Published | Sachin Pilot: Seems Ashok Gehlot leader is not Sonia Gandhi, but Vasundhara RajeIndiaTimes - Published |
'Gehlot's statement a conspiracy...': Vasundhara Raje counters Rajasthan CM's claimIndiaTimes - Published | Poll nears, Sachin Pilot again attacks Gehlot govtCongress’s festering wound in Rajasthan flared up again Sunday when ex-deputy CM Sachin Pilot renewed his attack on CM Ashok Gehlot with months to go for polls, this time for allegedly going silent..IndiaTimes - Published |
Sachin Pilot announces fast, accuses CM Gehlot of sitting on corruption cases against Vasundhara Raje govtIn what could be an embarrassing situation for the Congress ahead of the Rajasthan assembly polls, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday said he will observe a day-long fast on April 11..IndiaTimes - Published | Ashok Gehlot, Vasundhara Raje test positive for CovidRajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje were tested positive on Tuesday for coronavirus.Gehlot, while informing the public that the number of Covid cases has..IndiaTimes - Published |
