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Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who hails from Rajasthan, has said that the upcoming Assembly elections in the desert state will be contested on the persona of the BJPs most popular face -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- adding that the saffron partys Parliamentary Board will take a call on the chief ministerial candidate.

BJP National President J.P. Nadda is scheduled to arrive here on January 23 to address the State Working Committee meeting.

Rajasthan Minister Rajendra Gudha on Tuesday once again advocated for appointing Congress leader Sachin Pilot the Chief Minister, while comparing the former deputy chief minister with Mahabharat character Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna who was killed by plotting a conspiracy.

The Congress on Tuesday served show-cause notices to Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal, party chief whip Mahesh Joshi and RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore for holding a parallel meeting of party legislators in Jaipur.

Amid the crisis in the Congress camp in Rajasthan, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has adopted the wait and watch policy while underlining the doors of the party are open for former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot.

A total of 198 MLAs out of 200 in Rajasthan cast their vote in the 16th Presidential election on Monday.

Former Rajasthan chief minister and senior BJP leader Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday met Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi amid speculations over her absence on all three days at the partys 3-day training camp organised in Rajasthans Mount Abu.

Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday, in a veiled attack on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot questioned why the Congress-led government could not be repeated in Rajasthan while it could be done in Delhi, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and other states.

An upset-sounding Rajasthan Minister of Youth and Sports Ashok Chandna on Thursday requested Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to relieve him from his positions.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Diya Kumari on Friday introduced a private member bill in the Lok Sabha for setting up a bench of Rajasthan High Court (HC).