With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting the lead in the trends till 1 pm on December 3 (Language) counting of votes, workers can be seen celebrating at the party office here, whereas during the elections, Congress workers and leaders can be seen in the hall built for them. There is silence in the ‘war room’ of the party. There are also a large number of women workers in the party office. They raised slogans of ‘Modi-Modi’. A party worker claimed, “BJP is going to get a landslide victory and will form the government.”
Apart from the workers, all the big leaders of the party also reached the party headquarters. All the big leaders including State President CP Joshi, former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and in-charge Arun Singh also celebrated at the party headquarters.
#WATCH | Rajasthan BJP president CP Joshi, Union minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and other party leaders celebrate at the party office in Jaipur as the party heads towards a landslide victory in the state. pic.twitter.com/VaLcHQAifP
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Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje, while praising the party workers on BJP’s victory, said, “This is a wonderful victory of Rajasthan, this is Prime Minister Modi whose mantra was – Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Paryaas.” , this is his victory.
However, she did not take a single question in the press conference and was seen avoiding even the Chief Minister’s question.
#WATCH | On party's lead in Rajasthan, BJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia says, "This victory is of the mantra of 'Sabka saath, sabka vishwas and sabka prayaas' given by PM Modi. It is the victory of the guarantee given by the PM. It is also the victory of the strategy given by… pic.twitter.com/RtkxfgJnQu
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Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has won the election from Jhalrapatan seat for the fifth consecutive time by a margin of 53193 votes. He has got a total of 138831 votes whereas his nearest rival Congress candidate Ram Lal has got only 85638 votes. She has been winning from this seat since 2003. Before this, Raje had also been a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1985-89. In 2018, she defeated then Congress leader Manvendra Singh by a margin of 34,890 votes.
At the same time, no workers were seen in the Congress office and all the leaders are sitting inside the office and assessing the trends.
#WATCH | Rajasthan: Visuals from outside Congress Office in Jaipur.
As per official EC trends, BJP is leading in the state on 115 of the total 199 seats. pic.twitter.com/mtrLYpZg8j
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According to the Election Commission website, in the trends so far for 199 seats in the state, BJP is ahead on 112 seats, while Congress is ahead on 70 seats. The elections in these states were being considered as the semi-finals of the general elections. The result in these elections has been 3-1 in favour of BJP.
Ashok Gehlot will resign Today at 5:30 pm, Ashok Gehlot will reach Raj Bhawan and submit his resignation to Governor Kalraj Mishra. Congress was hopeful that the government would be repeated and the tradition going on for decades in Rajasthan would change. Ashok Gehlot was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan three times. Gehlot assumed the post of Chief Minister for the first time in 1998, after which he remained the Chief Minister till 2003. In 2008, Congress again succeeded in returning to power and Ashok Gehlot got the command of the state. In the year 2018, after a long struggle, Congress once again succeeded in coming to power and Ashok Gehlot took charge as Chief Minister for the third time.
