New Delhi: The folks of Rajasthan are voting at present to elect their representatives for 199 out of 200 seats within the state meeting. The election is a high-stakes contest between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP, with each events making a slew of guarantees and bringing of their star campaigners to woo the voters. The polling began at 7 am and can proceed until 6 pm, with ample safety preparations in place to make sure a peaceable and honest voting course of. The one seat the place the election has been postponed is Karanpur, the place the Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar handed away just lately.
The Congress, led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, is hoping to retain energy and break the three-decade-old pattern of alternating governments within the state. The get together has highlighted its achievements within the fields of agriculture, well being, schooling and social welfare, and has promised to conduct a caste-based census, recruit extra workers on the panchayat stage and enact a regulation to ensure minimal help value for farmers.
The BJP, alternatively, is banking on the recognition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his growth agenda to oust the Gehlot authorities. The get together has accused the Congress of indulging in dynastic politics, corruption, misgovernance and failing to guard the pursuits of girls, college students and farmers. The BJP has additionally pledged to implement numerous central schemes resembling PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, Laho Incentive Scheme, Direct Profit Switch and Bhamashah Well being Infrastructure Mission within the state.
The election can also be a take a look at of the political clout of former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, who had rebelled towards Gehlot final yr however later reconciled with the get together management. Pilot is contesting from Tonk constituency and has been campaigning extensively throughout the state. He has additionally confronted sharp assaults from Modi, who accused him of being punished by the Congress for his father’s revolt towards the excessive command in 1996. Pilot, nonetheless, dismissed Modi’s remarks and requested him to give attention to the problems of the state.
Aside from Pilot and Gehlot, a number of the different distinguished candidates within the fray embrace former CM Vasundhara Raje, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, Congress nationwide spokesperson Gourav Vallabh, Vishwaraj Singh Mewar, Rajasthan Meeting Speaker CP Joshi, and Rajasthan LoP Rajendra Rathore. Many insurgent candidates from each the Congress and the BJP are additionally within the contest, posing a problem to the official nominees of their respective events.
The position of smaller events and independents may additionally show to be essential within the end result of the election. The BSP, the AAP, the RLP, the BAP, the CPI-M, the JJP and the ASP are a number of the events which can be attempting to make a dent within the vote share of the 2 main events.
The election marketing campaign in Rajasthan witnessed a fierce battle of phrases and rallies between the Congress and the BJP, with each events bringing of their high leaders to handle the voters. Whereas the BJP had Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh and Yogi Adityanath as its star campaigners, the Congress relied on Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and a number of other state leaders to counter them.
The counting of votes will happen on December 3, when the destiny of the candidates and the events might be determined by the 5,26,90,146 voters of the state. Amongst them, 1,70,99,334 are younger voters within the 18-30 age group, together with 22,61,008 new voters within the 18-19 age group. Over Three lakh voters have already solid their votes by postal ballots earlier than the polling day.
