Congress vs BJP: The long-standing and only rivalry in Rajasthan Assembly Elections
Rajasthan has only alternated between BJP, and Congress- Ashok Gehlot and Vasundhara Raje. While Raje seemed to have been sidelined by the saffron party during their campaigns ahead of the crucial Rajasthan Assembly Elections, Gehlot remained a highlight and integral party of the Congress campaign for the Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023.
The state goes to vote tomorrow, 25 November, to elect representatives for the 200-member Rajasthan legislative Assembly. Notably, Rajasthan government poll has never seen a hung assembly, or a coalition government.
Famous in the list of anti-incumbency, Rajasthan residents have always managed to granted either Congress or BJP a narrow but clear majority. According to available data, Rajasthan's elected governments were dismissed thrice by central governments.
In 1977, the Morarji Desai government dismissed Haridev Joshi’s Congress government in Rajasthan, and Shekhawat was sacked twice — by Indira Gandhi in 1980, and P V Narasimha Rao in 1992 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Rajasthan over the years have also witnessed close polls and sweeping victories.
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