Assembly Elections 2023: ‘Is it not true…?’ BJP chief JP Nadda's stinging attack on Ashok Gehlot govt

Assembly elections 2023 Live: “DCP and police are lying. Firstly, I have video footage that he (police officer) was coming onto the stage. If I give a speech after 10pm, then police can book me under the law. But obstructing a public meeting and saying that time is up is wrong. Police should not do this. An officer of EC has said that it was a mistake of the police. I have filed a complaint against the police. I demand from EC to probe the matter,” AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi said.

"Is it not true that Rajasthan is now at the number one spot in terms of corruption, atrocities against women, religious appeasement and atrocities against dalits and backward classes?" news agency ANI quoted BJP president JP Nadda as saying, while addressing a rally in Rajasthan's Dausa.

“The magic will work. He says (Congress) will be 'choo mantar' (disappear) but (we) will tell who will be ‘choo mantar’," Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said. Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been taking jibes at him in poll rallies by referring to him as "Jaadugar (magician)"

Senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday accused the Congress of deceiving the people of Karnataka by not implementing its five pre-poll guarantees after coming to power.

The former Karnataka CM also urged the people of Telangana not to fall for the Congress party's “lies and empty promises”. (PTI)

A war of words has erupted in Madhya Pradesh over Rahul Gandhi's 'PM means Panauti Modi' remark with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hitting back at the Congress leader, calling him "slow-witted".

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, however, defended Gandhi over the use of the word.

At an election rally in Rajasthan on Tuesday, Gandhi said, "PM means Panauti Modi", insinuating the prime minister's presence at the Ahmedabad stadium during the India-Australia Cricket World Cup final brought bad luck to the home side, which lost the decider. (PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the ruling Congress government in Rajasthan over a number of issues and added that it is his prophecy that not only this time but the Ashok Gehlot-led government will never be formed in the state.

"Today, taking the blessings of Mavji Maharaj Ji, I am daring to make a prediction. It is the power of this holy land that this thought has come to my mind and I am taking this courage by seeking forgiveness from Mavji Maharaj. People of Rajasthan should write what I am saying- the prediction is that Ashok Gehlot's government will never be formed in Rajasthan," PM Modi said. (ANI)

On Rajasthan Assembly elections, CM Ashok Gehlot told ANI, “These agencies (ED, IT) are important, their actual work is for the economic offender...their attention should be directed there so that the country's economy remains strong and economic offences don't take place...Their work (in that direction) has ceased for nine years, just making the government topple and rise and for that, they threaten MLAs to make them change their party. They are trying to make the government topple in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra...with ED's pressure and IT raid...People are not liking this.”

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot made an emotional appeal to voters on Tuesday as assembly elections draw near in the state. He urged voters to consider his image, even if the local candidate has limited impact, stating, "Imagine that I am contesting from all these 200 seats."

"There are 200 candidates contesting the election, I got requests from around 150 places but I can't go everywhere for campaign, so I am appealing to everyone that you imagine that I am contesting the election from all these 200 seats. I request you to repeat this government again. You (people) don't have to see who is contesting from the local level," Gehlot said while speaking to ANI. (ANI)

Ahead of polling in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje shared the stage at an election rally on Tuesday with many seeing it as an attempt to send out a message that everything was fine between her and the BJP high command.

This was the first rally in which Modi and Raje were present together since the elections were announced. Raje is considered among the leaders in the race for the chief minister's post if the BJP wins the Assembly elections in the state. (PTI)

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Bhopal on Tuesday, ahead of the counting of votes for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections on December 3.

Chouhan said, "We held discussions with the candidates and also prepared for the counting day."

Earlier on Tuesday, re-polling at a polling booth in Kishupura village in Madhya Pradesh's Ater constituency in Bhind district was held following the orders of the Election Commission of India (ECI). (ANI)

In a major setback for the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in Telangana, the Joint Action Committee of Telangana Muslim organisations has decided to extend their support to the Congress party for the November 30 State Legislative Assembly election.

The decision to extend the support was taken at a meeting of the heads of the state committee and district committees of the Muslim JAC held in Hyderabad on November 11.

In a statement, it said, "The leaders of the majority of the districts expressed the opinion that all the Muslims are leaning towards the Congress locally and that it would be prudent to support them in the upcoming elections. (ANI)

Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress-led Rajasthan government and said that the party is like a cricket team whose batters spent five years trying to run out of each other.

While addressing a public meeting in Churu district last week, PM Modi pointed out the power tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot. He said, “In cricket, a batter comes and scores runs for his team. But there is so much infighting within the Congress that instead of scoring runs, its leaders spent five years trying to run out each other.” Read the complete story here.

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi's brother, Akbaruddin Owaisi on Tuesday openly threatened a police inspector who was asking him to follow model code of conduct in place for the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

Akbaruddin Owaisi threatened the policeman after he was asked to stop his speech as he was exceeding the time as per the Model Code of Conduct.

The AIMIM leader who was addressing a campaign in Hyderabad's Lalitabagh asked the policeman to "leave" the venue, implying that if he made a "signal" to his supporter, the inspector would be forced to "run" from the place. (ANI)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad reportedly demanded an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “panauti (bad luck)". Speaking at a rally in poll-bound Rajasthan on Tuesday, Gandhi indirectly blamed PM Modi for Team India's loss at ICC World Cup 2023.

Gandhi said in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, "Our guys were playing well, they would have won the world cup. But 'Panauti' made us lose. The TV guys won't tell you this but people know." Australia had defeated India by six wickets to lift the ICC World Cup trophy at Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Read the complete story here.