All stories by Shahnawaz Akhtar
Raje won't have many women MLAs in the Assembly
Rediff.com8 Dec 2013The 14th Rajasthan Assembly may have a woman chief minister but it will see less representation from the community compared to the 2008 assembly.
'For the first time Cong won't have a Muslim MLA in Raj Assembly'
Rediff.com8 Dec 2013The Bharatiya Janata Party has not only decimated the Congress in the Rajasthan assembly polls but, for the first time, will have two Muslim legislators while the Congress will have none.
BJP makes history, breaks all records in Rajasthan
Rediff.com8 Dec 2013The victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in the 14th Rajasthan assembly polls has been the biggest one in the history of the desert state.
Most ministers, speaker, Congress state president lose in Rajasthan
Rediff.com8 Dec 2013In the humiliating defeat of the Congress party in Rajasthan except for Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, most of his ministers have lost the election.
This victory will help us in the Lok Sabha election: Vasundhara Raje
Rediff.com8 Dec 2013In Jhalawar, which her only child Dushyant Singh represents in the Lok Sabha, Vasundhara Raje, the BJP's chief ministerial candidate, told reporters, 'I thought we would win 120, 125 seats, but it is going to be more than that.' Shahnawaz Akthar reports.
Rajasthan polls: Pak Hindu migrants withdraw decision to opt for NOTA
Rediff.com1 Dec 2013The Hindus who migrated from Pakistan and settled in Rajasthan who had earlier decided to boycott the assembly cast their vote on Sunday. They had vowed to use the 'none of the above' option, introduced for the first time in Rajasthan this election season, but later changed their mind.
Why Vasundhara Raje refused to share stage with Modi in Rajasthan?
Rediff.com29 Nov 2013Among political party big-wigs who have held rallies in Rajasthan, Bhartiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has done it the maximum number of times.
Poll politics threatens Rajasthan's free medicine revolution
Rediff.com29 Nov 2013The Chief Minister's Free Medicine Scheme in Rajasthan is probably the most successful scheme introduced by the Ashok Gehlot government in the state. Now poll politics has cast a shadow over the scheme
Vasundhara will take back land from Vadra: Modi
Rediff.com29 Nov 2013On the last day of campaigning at Pokhran in Rajasthan, Bhartiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi took potshots at the son-in-law of chairperson of United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi, Robert Vadra.
I want a tribal to become prime minister: Rahul
Rediff.com28 Nov 2013National vice-president of All India Congress Committee Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday played his master stroke and told a huge gathering of tribals to join politics as he wants that India's prime minister, chief ministers, members of Parliament and legislators come out of tribal communities.
What development? Rajasthan is still BIMARU state: Modi
Rediff.com28 Nov 2013Just a day after United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi took on the Bharatiya Janata Party and claimed that that the state had progressed under Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi not only ruled out the Congress president's development claim.
Rajasthan poll diary: Manju Vs Manju, Modi cancels programme and more
Rediff.com28 Nov 2013Why Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his campaign at Shahpura at the last minute? Read on...
BJP's politics is about misguiding people: Sonia Gandhi
Rediff.com27 Nov 2013Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has promised to provide free MRI and CT scan to patients if brought back to power. Shahnawaz Akhtar reports
Woman power and charisma rule Rajasthan polls
Rediff.com20 Nov 2013If you thought that the skewed sex ratio of Rajasthan has dampened the spirit of the fairer sex in the desert state, then you are in for a surprise. For, if you browse through the ongoing Rajasthan assembly poll candidature list, you will realise how the female candidates are way ahead of their male counterparts, says Shahnawaz Akhtar
Is Vasundhara Raje avoiding Modi?
Rediff.com19 Nov 2013The absence of Rajasthan BJP leadership in Narendra Modi's rallies in the poll-bound state is fuelling speculations. Shahnawaz Akhtar reports
BJP is only interested in divisive politics: Rahul
Rediff.com19 Nov 2013Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party is number one in marketing and so are able to claim to have done more. He said the United Progressive Alliance had done more development work than the National Democratic Alliance.
BJP is only interested in divisive politics: Rahul
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