The Rajasthan cabinet approved two amendments bills - Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019, and the Rajasthan Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2019 - to end the minimum educational qualification condition for contesting the local body elections in the state.

Rajasthan cabinet approves removal of education criteria for local body polls

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Friday the state cabinet has in principle decided to pass a resolution seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative assembly.

Rajasthan Cabinet decides to pass resolution for 33% reservation for women in assembly

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal for amendments made in Rules-12 and Rule-17 of the Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010. The decision was taken in the State Cabinet's meeting held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Gehlot.

Gehlot approves amendments in Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, increases age cap for judicial service

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh allocated portfolios to the council of ministers late on Wednesday night with the advice of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who has kept nine departments including the key finance and home with him.

Portfolios allocated to ministers in Rajasthan; Gehlot keeps 9, Pilot 5

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot today swore in as the 12th Rajasthan Chief Minister of Rajasthan at a ceremony in Jaipur's Albert Hall while Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot took oath as Deputy Chief Minister.

Ashok Gehlot takes oath as Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot becomes deputy CM

It took three days for the Congress, after its electoral victory, to name a chief minister for Rajasthan. There was nothing exceptional in the delay; the Bharatiya Janata Party had consumed nearly a week before it could finalise chief ministers for Maharashtra and Haryana.

Rajasthan government will have two power centres

Leaders of various opposition parties are expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new governments in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Citing sources news agency ANI said that leaders of various opposition parties including Sharad Pawar, Sharad Yadav, MK Stalin, Tejashwi Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Arvind Kejriwal are expected to show their presence in the swearing in of the new Congress government.

Opposition leaders to attend oath ceremony of Congress CMs in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

The oath ceremony of Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan will take place on December 17 after which the cabinet will be inducted, news agency ANI reported.

Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot to take oath as Chief Minister, Dy CM on December 17

Senior Congress leader and Rajasthan observer KC Venugopal, who met Congress party president Rahul Gandhi late on Thursday evening, said that there would be a final decision on who would assume the office of chief minister in Rajasthan on Friday morning.

Congress leader Venugopal to announce final decision on Rajasthan CM today

Falsehood has a short life: Arun Jaitley after Supreme Court's judgement on Rafale deal Hours after a three-judge Supreme Court bench said that detailed scrutiny of the Rafale fighter jet deal was not required, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hit out at the Congress party and said ''falsehood has short life''.

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Bringing an end to the three-day impasse over the question of leadership in Rajasthan, Congress party on Friday named veteran leader Ashok Gehlot as the state's new chief minister.

Ashok Gehlot named chief minister of Rajasthan, Pilot to be deputy CM

After several rounds of discussions on selecting the chief minister of Rajasthan, top contenders for the post, Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, reached the residence of party chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday for a final settlement on the issue.

Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot meet Rahul Gandhi for another round of talks on Rajasthan CM post

Frontrunners of a chief ministerial race in Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot arrived in New Delhi today to meet Congress President Rahul Gandhi. After the meeting, Rahul Gandhi is expected to take a call on the next chief minister of Rajasthan where the Congress won a whopping 99 of 199 Assembly seats, dethroning Vasundhara Raje-led Bharatiya Janata Party.

Rajasthan frontrunners Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot to meet Rahul Gandhi today

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday held one-on-one meetings with Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, the two chief ministerial aspirants in Rajasthan, before taking a final call on who would head government in the desert state.

Rahul meets with Rajasthan CM hopefuls; it's advantage Gehlot

A Congress delegation will meet Governor Kalyan Singh at 7 pm Wednesday to stake claim to form the government in Rajasthan. Raj Bhawan sources said the governor has given an appointment to a Congress delegation for 7 pm.

Rajasthan: Congress delegation to meet governor at 7 pm

The Congress was poised on Wednesday to form governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, signalling a newfound energy in the party ranks and energising opposition efforts to stop the BJP juggernaut before general elections next year.

All eyes now on whom Rahul Gandhi will choose as his chief ministers

Ashok Gehlot didn't make the Congress disappear altogether in Rajasthan and, in any case, the party's good showing in the assembly polls wasn't a solo act. But on Tuesday the Congress appeared close to picking the magician at heart for the chief minister's job.

Ashok Gehlot: Magician at heart could become Rajasthan CM

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot Sunday accused BJP of mixing politics with caste and other issues. 'There is huge resentment among people against Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

BJP not doing issue based politics: Ashok Gehlot

By Madhuri Kalal Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has said that he is confident about Congress's victory in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.

Rajasthan election is a fight about truth and lies: Ashok Gehlot

Thirty-three of the total 200 Rajasthan Assembly constituencies are witnessing a fight between the same candidates of the BJP and the Congress who had contested the 2013 state polls.

Rajasthan polls: 33 of 200 constituencies witnessing fight between same BJP, Cong candidates

There has been much talk of the Congress's Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot contesting the elections in Rajasthan — both of them are chief ministerial candidates. WION spoke with Avinash Pande, the Congress' general secretary in charge of Rajasthan, and asked him whether the fielding of both Pilot and Gehlot was sending confusing signals.

'Congress cadre wanted both Pilot, Gehlot to contest Rajasthan elections'

Congress stalwart from Rajasthan and former state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Sunday he did not hold any position in priority and will abide by the decision the party high command takes on the issue of CM post.

Madhya Pradesh polls: Will go by Rahul Gandhi's decision on CM, says Ashok Gehlot 

Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Wednesday declared that they both will contest the December 7 assembly election, firing up the race for the chief minister's post in the state where the party is seeking to wrest power from the BJP.

Gehlot, Pilot to contest Rajasthan assembly polls

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, considered to be in the chief ministerial race in Rajasthan, today indicated it will be too early to speculate on who will be the CM if the party wins in December 7 Assembly polls.

Ashok Gehlot evades query on who will be CM if Congress wins in Rajasthan

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