Rajasthan polls: Congress aims to buck 'alternate' trend, BJP seeks comeback
Rajasthan for the last 25 years, Congress is hoping to buck the trend banking on Gehlot's «welfarism» and promises made in its manifesto while the BJP seeks to oust the «corrupt» government by vociferously raising issues concerning farmers, women and youth.
Since 1998, the Congress and BJP have been coming to power in the state alternately after every five years.
Congress in its manifesto promised to double the insurance sum under the flagship Chiranjeevi health insurance from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, 10 lakh jobs including 4 lakh government jobs and continue the Old Pension Scheme.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sharply attacked the Congress in his rallies and highlighted how the people were paying more in the state in terms of prices of petrol and diesel.
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- To counter the Congress narrative, he also said that a BJP government will not stop schemes started by the state government but improve them. Congress has laid thrust on the Old Pension Scheme and caste census.
BJP apparently faced some questions in some parts of the state over the change in the recruitment policy for armed forces. Many youth from the state aspire to join the armed forces. The Gehlot government sought to counter «exam paper leak» allegations by bringing strong laws against those who committed the crime.
The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC)
