Ashok Gehlot

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Right to health in India: Raj law to be test case?

Rajasthan is the first state in the country to introduce a law that makes access to healthcare a legal entitlement.

31 Mar 2023 12:24 AM

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal raises his hands with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, party leader Sachin Pilot and the party state President Govind Singh Dotasra during the state level coordination committee meeting on 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' at party headquarters, in Jaipur. (PTI)

Gehlot, Pilot put up show of unity ahead of Rahul's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan

The two leaders seemed to put their power tussle on hold as they appeared together before the cameras

30 Nov 2022 10:46 AM

Mr Gehlot’s claims that Sachin Pilot tried to undermine his government at the behest of the BJP and that money changed hands in the process are of a very serious nature. (DC Image)

AA Edit | Kharge must halt Rajasthan drift

The latest allegations, coming from none other than CM Ashok Gehlot, raise legal, moral and ethical issues that need to be addressed

26 Nov 2022 12:15 AM

The knives are out again in the Congress unit in Rajasthan (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Cong must keep flock together in Rajasthan

The grand old party has lost power or share in power in three big states — Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra

04 Nov 2022 1:17 AM

The “loyalist” approach attributes to the Gandhis strange magical powers -- bordering on magical realism -- that inhibit the independent working of the Congress. (Representational Image/DC)

Anand K. Sahay | ‘Loyalists’ and Congress: Will polls change party?

Whatever the party’s many failings, it is hard to see the Congress as a straitjacketed Stalinist outfit in which free speech is frowned upon

13 Oct 2022 12:00 AM

Rajasthan watchers had seen long ago that Mr Pilot, while attempting to overthrow Mr Gehlot as CM, had virtually crossed over to the BJP side. (Photo: PTI)

Sunil Gatade | Dilemma for Congress in Raj: To axe or not to axe

A decision on the leadership issue in Rajasthan is like resolving the Gordian knot

10 Oct 2022 12:05 AM

MP Shashi Tharoor with former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: Twitter)

Anita Katyal | Cong prez polls: Diggy & Shashi got played, Selja scare for Hooda

Once it became clear that Raj CM Ashok Gehlot was not in the fray for the election of the next Cong prez, a host of names did the rounds

02 Oct 2022 12:00 AM

Despite the much-hyped claim about maintaining “neutrality”, the party high command — meaning the Gandhi family — is clearly backing Kharge. (Photo: PTI)

Cong chief poll: Gandhis-backed Kharge vs rebel Tharoor

A majority of senior party leaders, including some G-23 members, have rallied around Kharge

30 Sep 2022 9:45 PM

The Rajasthan crisis, one more in the series, substantiates that the leadership is dangerously irresponsible. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Our time will come…’ But Cong doesn’t know when!

The leaders are so wrapped up in themselves that they are disdainful of reality

30 Sep 2022 12:00 AM

Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot interacts with party leader Pawan Bansal as he leaves after meeting Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Comedy of errors hits Congress in Rajasthan

The errors started from the very choice of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot as AICC president

28 Sep 2022 12:05 AM

Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot leaves after meeting Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi at 10, Janpath in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Gehlot talks to Sonia about Congress prez poll; will meet Rahul today

Gehlot is expected to reach Kochi on Thursday and make a last-ditch effort to convince Rahul Gandhi to take over the reins of the party

22 Sep 2022 7:49 AM

Nobody believes or claims that the new Congress president, if it is not a Gandhi in the post, will be the supremo of the party or command any de facto power. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Cong prez polls will mark inflection point in politics

A victory facilitated by Mrs Sonia Gandhi for Mr Gehlot would ease the Rajasthan impasse

21 Sep 2022 4:05 AM

After a couple of months, the MLAs of the Pilot camp (right) were given portfolios in the government. The trouble in the state is a creation of the indecision by the party high command in choosing a leader. The high command wants to please both sides and not take a decision. — PTI File Image

Gehlot’s dig at Pilot intensifies rift

In July 2020, Pilot along with 18 other disgruntled Congress MLAs revolted against the leadership of Gehlot

17 Aug 2022 9:54 AM

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. (PTI)

Ashok Gehlot faces flak for remarks on death sentence for rapists

Gehlot also had to face ire on the social media for 'trivialising a heinous crime' and 'advocating against the death penalty' for rapists

08 Aug 2022 7:34 AM

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot. (PTI file photo)

Rajasthan cabinet to have 12 new faces, 5 from Pilot camp

The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government will have a total of 30 ministers, including 18 who had resigned earlier

21 Nov 2021 1:10 AM

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been detained in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur while on her way to visit violence-hit Lakhimpur district, speaks to the media virtually. (PTI)

Priyanka Gandhi, 10 others arrested as UP boils; video goes viral

Ms Vadra was detained on Monday as she was on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, where four farmers were allegedly knocked down by vehicles

06 Oct 2021 6:38 AM

Anita Katyal | On Azad, Cong misfired twice; how’s Tomar for new MP CM?

It may appear far-fetched but there is a connection between the West Bengal election and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s future

07 Mar 2021 4:28 AM

Love jihad is a word manufactured by BJP to divide the nation: Gehlot

BJP leaders use the term 'love jihad' while alleging that Hindu women face harassment and forced conversion in the name of love and marriage

21 Nov 2020 9:10 AM

Dilip Cherian | Centre denies Gehlot his chosen babu

Until the last working day of outgoing chief secretary Rajeev Swarup, the Gehlot government hoped to push for a tenure extension for Swarup

11 Nov 2020 11:19 AM

Chief Ministers belonging to various opposition parties got together and discussed the issue of GST compensation to states. (ANI Photo)

CMs of opposition parties unite against Centre for undermining states' rights

Sonia Gandhi convened a virtual meeting of chief ministers of opposition-ruled states to discuss the key issues confronting them

26 Aug 2020 6:39 PM

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