Hat-trick in states guarantee of hat-trick in 2024: PM Modi

Gehlot submits resignation says lsquoresults unexpected for everyonersquoRajasthanRajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot submitted his resignation to Governor Kalraj Mishra Sunday evening after his Congress party was defeated in the assembly polls Gehlot reached the Raj Bhavan here and handed over the resignation letter to the governorldquoChief Minister Ashok Gehlot reached Raj Bhavan on Sunday and submitted his resignation from the post of Chief Minister to Governor Kalraj Mishrardquo according to a press statement from the Rajasthan governorrsquos officeBJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia at party office after her victory PicPTIChief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said the poll results were ldquounexpected for everyonerdquo but rejected suggestions that bringing forward ldquonew facesrdquo would have helped the party retain powerIn a post on X Gehlot said ldquoWe humbly accept the mandate given by the people of Rajasthan This is an unexpected result for everyone This defeat shows that we were not completely successful in taking our plans laws and innovations to the publicrdquoLater talking to reporters Gehlot said that they would go into the reasons behind the adverse election results in Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and ChhattisgarhReplying to a question on whether a change of face in the elections might have brought a positive result Gehlot said that it would be wrong to say that bringing new faces might have made the party win the electionsRajasthan BJP incharge Arun Singh and State BJP President CP Joshi at a press conference PicPTIldquoThere was talk of bringing new faces and new faces should come but this demand was not there in MP and Chhattisgarh and still we lost the election It would be wrong to say that we would have won the election if new faces were broughtrdquoEffect of PM Modirsquos guarantees says Rajasthan BJP chiefRajasthan BJP chief C P Joshi on Sunday termed the partyrsquos success in three state polls as the ldquoeffectrdquo of PM Modirsquos ldquoguaranteesrdquo He said the ldquoguaranteesrdquo of PM Modi deflated the Congress in Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and ChhattisgarhModiChouhan popularity boothlevel strategy key to successMadhya PradeshAn effective boothlevel strategy strong organisational manoeuvre and the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan are among the key factors that turned the tide in favour of the BJP in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly pollsPopularly known as ldquoMamardquo maternal uncle Chouhan is hugely popular among the masses especially women and youngsters while the ldquoMP ke man mein Modirdquo Modi in the mind of MP campaign also helped consolidate the support for the BJP in the state party leaders said According to the trends of counting of votes the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP is all set to retain power in Madhya Pradesh with an emphatic win over the CongressOne of the challenges that the saffron party faced in the runup to the election was internal factionalism and demotivated workers The task was to get everyone working together at the organisational level for the ultimate cause of bringing the BJP back to power in the state sources in the party saidMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with BJP leaders celebrating the partyrsquos win PicPTIldquoThe leaders drafted in for the state by the central leadership including national joint general secretary organisation Shiv Prakash played a crucial role in bringing together the various groups within the party and motivating the workers with their exceptional organisational skillsrdquo a source saidThe sources said Shiv Prakash and other leaders sent by the party highcommand devised a strategy of assigning 14 senior leaders to 14 districts where they interacted with the local functionaries as well as the elected representatives of the municipal corporations and panchayats They organised more than 50 meetings where Chouhan listened suggestions of the party workersBJPrsquos resounding win boosts ChouhanAll the talk about the BJP looking at an alternative leadership in Madhya Pradesh receded into the background on a day Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made a strong statement about his popular acceptability as the party appeared set to retain power with a stunning twothirds majorityThe BJP had chosen to head into the assembly polls without naming a chief ministerial face in any of the states and its leaders asserted that the results underscore the wider support for Prime Minister Narendra Modirsquos agendaldquoThe mandate gives the party leadership a free hand in deciding on chief ministers on all three statesrdquo a senior leader said without going into names While Chouhan has emerged as a favourite to remain at the helm in MP the leadership race is wide open in Chhattisgarh and RajasthanIn Chhattisgarh lsquoModi ki Guaranteersquo trumps Congressrsquos freebies promiseChhattisgarhAhead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections both the Congress and BJP tried hard to woo farmers women and the poor with populist schemesBJP workers celebrate the partyrsquos win at the party headquarters in New Delhi PicPTIIt seems the promises made by the BJP which it promoted as lsquoModi ki Guarantee 2023rsquo worked in its favour as it is all set to return to power in the tribaldominated state with a thumping majorityIn the 2018 assembly polls the Congress had registered a landslide victory largely because of a lsquostrongrsquo antiincumbency against the then BJP dispensation and the grand old partyrsquos promise of freebies and welfare measuresAs the BJP began its election campaign this time it faced the herculean task of countering the Bhupesh Baghel governmentrsquos profarmers protribals and propoor schemes which the Congress was banking on to retain the state Both the parties in their manifestos offered sops to various sections of societyMuch ahead of the elections this year the Congress declared that the state would procure 20 quintals of paddy per acre from farmers in this kharif season During electioneering it promised loan waiver to farmers also made by it in 2018As the poll campaign picked momentum the party laid out a host of promises including raising the annual financial assistance given to landless labourers under lsquoRajiv Gandhi Bhoomihin Kisan Nyay Yojnarsquo from Rs 7000 to Rs 10000 providing free education from KG to PG kindergarten to postgraduation and free electricity up 200 unitsIt offered more promising a subsidy of Rs 500 on domestic gas cylinders to women purchase of tenu leaves per bag for Rs 6000 and annual bonus of Rs 4000 to tenu leaf collectors free treatment up to Rs 10 lakh to the poor free treatment to victim in road accidents and loan waiver of selfhelp groupsLater these promises were included in Congressrsquo manifesto which was launched after the release of the BJPrsquos document of poll promises The Congress in its manifesto also promised Rs 3200 for per quintal of paddy to farmersA lsquoweakrsquo manifesto of the BJP was also one of the reasons for the crushing defeat of the party in 2018 according to poll analysts However the Congress was unable to fulfil all the promises it had made in 2018 Keeping the past setback in mind the BJP this time made populist promises in its manifesto titled lsquoModi ki Guarantee 2023rsquo for ChhattisgarhBJPrsquos promises included procurement of 21 quintals of paddy per acre at Rs 3100 per quintal annual financial assistance of Rs 12000 to married women under the lsquoMahtari Vandan Yojanarsquo construction of 18 lakh houses under lsquoPM Awas Yojnarsquo tendu leaf procurement at Rs 5500 per standard sack and bonus of Rs 4500 to leaf collectors and annual assistance of Rs 10000 to landless farm labourersCongress swearingin ceremony likely on December 4 or 9TelanganaThe Telangana police on Sunday said it has been asked by the state Congress chief A Revanth Reddy to make security arrangements for the swearingin ceremony on December 4 or 9BRS headquarters wears a deserted look during counting of votes for Telangana Assembly elections in HyderabadReddy whose party was enjoying a comfortable lead to touch the simple majority mark of 60 seats on Sunday asked state Director General of Police DGP Anjani Kumar to make security arrangements for the swearingin ceremonyReddy called and discussed with DGP Additional Director General of Police Law and Order and ADG CID about the preparation for the swearingin ceremony which is likely to be held either on Monday or on December 9 a release from Telangana Police saidCongress Telangana President A Revanth Reddy greets party workers and supportersReddy also told them that his party would soon meet the Governor and discuss government formation ldquoThe TPCC President mentioned that from today evening Muhurtam auspicious time will start So if possible they may consider swearingin function tomorrow Dec 4 or they may take oath on December 9rdquo it saidTelangana Governor accepts CM KCRrsquos resignationIndiarsquos Congress party supporters celebrate their victory PicsPTITelangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday accepted the resignation of CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and urged him to continue in office till formation of the new government The Governor accepted Raorsquos resignation letter Raorsquos son and BRS working president K T Rama Rao earlier said the CM had sent his resignation to the Governor following BRSrsquos defeatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever