Rajasthan

“The central leadership is unlikely to cede this demand as well, because Shah shares a good rapport with Satish,” the second leader said.

A proposal to deploy Uttar Pradesh BJP’s organisational secretary Sunil Bansal in Rajasthan until after the elections is also being discussed in Delhi. Bansal, a protégé of Shah, is from Rajasthan and credited with building a strong party network in Uttar Pradesh. Rajasthan BJP’s organisational secretary Chandrashekhar, who uses only one name, too, is close to Bansal.

Winning Rajasthan is crucial for the BJP in many ways, and a series of electoral reverses in the desert state had set the alarm bells ringing in party headquarters in Delhi.

First, the December assembly election in Rajasthan will come months ahead of the April-May general election to the Lok Sabha. The BJP had won all 25 Lok Sabha seats from the state in 2014 and its tally in 2019 will also depend on how it performs in Rajasthan.

Second, Congress is the BJP’s main rival in Rajasthan and won the recent by-elections. If it manages to the defeat the BJP in Rajasthan, it would be the Congress’ first victory over the BJP since 2014, and a shot in the arm for the principal opposition party ahead of the parliamentary elections. front of his jeep in April last year during the by-elections for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, apparently in an attempt to prevent stone-pelters from targeting his convoy. The incident led to a massive human rights controversy.

Gen Rawat awarded Gogoi a commendation card for his “sustained efforts” on counter-insurgency operations.

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah sanctioned ₹1.30 lakh to the family of the girl detained at the hotel.

The money was being given to the family, living in extreme poverty in Budgam, to construct a house, Abdullah’s political secretary Tanvir Sadiq tweeted.

“Our local party office bearers have visited Check Kawoosa area of Beerwah. After a first hand report and finding the family living in extreme poverty and living in a tin shed, Mr @OmarAbdullah has released an amount of ₹1.30 lakh...,” Sadiq tweeted. The money would be released from the constituency development fund of Abdullah, who represents Beerwah in the assembly.

The family of the girl living in Chak-eKawoosa village of Badgam district has left the village after the news about the incident spread in the Valley. Reporters intending to meet the family discovered that they had shifted to some unknown destination after the incident was reported.