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  • Rajasthan: Congress bags 231 panchayat samiti seats, BJP 185 in six districts

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: The ruling Congress in Rajasthan has won 231 panchayat samiti seats and the opposition BJP 185 out of a total of 1,564 in six districts where polling was held in three phases.

    The counting of votes began on Saturday at the six district headquarters.

    The Congress has also won one seat of Zila Parishad in Jodhpur.

    Till 1 PM, out of the total 1,564 seats in 78 Panchayat samiti in six districts, the Congress has won 231, BJP 185, RLP 16 and the BSP three.

    Independents won in 111 seats.

    Of the total 200 seats of Zila Parishad, the result has so far been announced for one seat, which was bagged by the Congress.

    The polling was held on August 26, 29 and September 1 to elect a total of 200 members of six Zila Parishad and 1,564 members of 78 Panchayat Samiti in the districts of Bharatpur, Dausa, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sawai Madhopur and Sirohi.

  • Rajasthan: Congress bags 598 panchayat samiti seats, BJP 490 in six districts

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: The ruling Congress in Rajasthan has won 598 panchayat samiti seats and the opposition BJP 490 out of a total of 1,564 in six districts where polling was held in three phases.

    The counting of votes began Saturday morning at the six district headquarters, and the results for 1,389 seats were announced till 3.30 pm.

    The Congress has also won one seat of Zila Parishad in Jodhpur.

    Out of the total 1,564 seats in 78 panchayat samiti in six districts, the Congress has won 598 seats, BJP 490, RLP 39, BSP 10, and the NCP two seats.

    Independents won in 250 panchayat samiti seats.

    Of the total 200 seats of Zila Parishad, the result has so far been announced for one seat, which was bagged by the Congress.

    The polling was held on August 26, 29 and September 1 to elect a total of 200 members of six Zila Parishad and 1,564 members of 78 Panchayat Samiti in the districts of Bharatpur, Dausa, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sawai Madhopur and Sirohi.

  • Final phase of Rajasthan panchayat polls to be held on September 1

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: The third and final phase of voting for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in six districts of Rajasthan will be held on Wednesday.

    Polling will be conducted for 507 members of 25 Panchayat Samitis and their respective Zila Parishad members in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Sirohi districts.

    Voting will start from 7.30 am and go on till 5.30 pm.

    State Election Commissioner PS Mehra said a total of 1,772 candidates have submitted their nomination, while seven candidates have been elected unopposed.

    In the third phase, 25.78 lakh voters will be able to exercise their franchise at 3,547 polling stations.

    In the third phase, more than 11,000 EVM machines will be used.

    He said the counting of votes will be done on September 4 at 9 am at all the district headquarters.

    Over 62 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first phase and 65.88 per cent in the second phase of the election.

  • 13 per cent voter turnout till 10 am in second phase of Rajasthan panchayat polls

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: A voter turnout of around 13 per cent was registered till Sunday 10 am in the second phase of elections to Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti in six districts of Rajasthan to decide the fate of 1,680 candidates.

    Polling began peacefully at 7.30 am in the districts of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Sirohi, officials said.

    State Election Commissioner P S Mehra said 1,680 candidates will try their luck in the electoral fray for 28 Panchayat Samitis in this phase.

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    Ten candidates have already been elected unopposed.

    In the first phase, more than 62 per cent voters cast their votes, he said.

    In the second leg of the election, polling is underway to elect 536 members of 28 Panchayat Samitis and their respective Zila Parishad members.

    A total of 1,680 candidates have submitted their nomination for these posts.

    Mehra said that in the second phase, about 10,500 Electronic Voting Machines are being used.

    A total of 25,60,153 voters will be able to exercise their franchise at 3,459 polling stations.

    Voting for the third phase of Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti members will be conducted on September 1, while counting of votes will be done on September 4 at all district headquarters.

  • Ahead of Rajasthan panchayat polls, BJP launches ‘black paper’ attack on Gehlot government

    Express News Service

    JAIPUR: On the eve of the Panchayat polls, a major argument has erupted in Rajasthan over a ‘black paper’ released by the opposition BJP against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his government. The BJP has accused the ruling Congress of failing to fulfill their promises of waiving loans for needy farmers and offering unemployment allowance to jobless youth in the state. But the ruling Congress has dismissed the ‘black paper’ as a ‘pack of lies’.

    Releasing the black paper ahead of the panchayat elections in six districts, former state BJP president Arun Chaturvedi said a “jungle raj” is prevailing under the Congress government which has now completed two-and-a-half years of its term in the state. He alleged that the crime graph is rising and the morale of criminals is high.

    The black paper by the Rajasthan BJP projects the Ashok Gehlot-led government as a flop show. Speaking at the press conference while revealing their ‘black paper’ on Tuesday, Arun Chaturvedi said that the Congress government is not doing enough to find solutions.

    He said, “BJP is releasing the ‘black paper’ to highlight the shortcomings of the state government during the past two and a half years. The government is merely using its power to swing votes in their favour. Jungle raj is prevailing in the state. Promises of loan waivers for farmers, unemployment allowance to the youth have not been fulfilled. Electricity bills are rising.”

    “Development has completely stopped, no new roads are being built. Money given for development is not utilised. This government is only about declarations and cares only about power, in fact, they have been fighting for power internally,” Chaturvedi added. 

     The ruling Congress, however, has dismissed the BJP’s black paper as a ‘pack of lies’. Claiming that all the charges are baseless, the Congress President in the state Govind Singh Dotasara said, “In RSS Shakhas, these BJP leaders are trained only in speaking lies. The BJP is a house divided in Rajasthan and they are only fighting each other on who will become their CM face in the next elections. BJP leaders in the state are busy only on Twitter and in making false claims.”  

    Just a few weeks ago, in a meeting of the election manifesto review committee held in Jaipur, Chief Minister Gehlot had claimed that 64 per cent of the promises made in the 2018 assembly election manifesto have been fulfilled so far. “At least 321 out of 501 goals, that is 64 per cent of promises of the public manifesto have been fulfilled. Along with that, 138 other initiatives are under progress,” he had said.

    “Despite the first and the second wave of Covid-19, the government has successfully implemented the promises it made during the 2018 assembly election. In the last 2.5 years, along with complete development of the state, every effort has been made to ease the pain of those in need,” Gehlot had said.

    The Congress asserts that the handling of the Covid-19 crisis by the Rajasthan government has been appreciated as being one of the best in the state. The party claims it will triumph in the Panchayat polls on the basis of its performance since taking over in December 2018.

    The panchayat elections will be held in Bharatpur, Dausa, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sawai Madhopur and Sirohi districts in three phases on August 26, 29 and September 1. The counting will take place on September 4.