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Since 2008, Rajasthan’s politics has been shaped as much by the street and the party backroom as by the ballot box. The Gujjar reservation agitation showed how mass mobilisation could force policy shifts, while the Congress years exposed how internal rebellion—most dramatically Sachin Pilot’s 2020 breakaway—could threaten govts from within. Even as power kept alternating between Congress and BJP, new regional forces began altering local equations. Ashok Gehlot’s creation of 19 new districts redrew administrative and political maps, and BJP’s 2023 return ended with an unexpected leadership choice: Bhajan Lal Sharma.

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Rajasthan’s health sector between 2008 and 2026 has expanded faster than at any time in its history, powered by emergency services, free medicines and diagnostics, a surge in medical colleges, and a rapid widening of insurance-backed cashless treatment. Yet the gains have landed unevenly. Jaipur and a handful of large cities—Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Kota and Ajmer—continue to absorb the bulk of serious care, drawing patients from across districts that now host medical colleges but still lack dependable specialist services. The result is a system with wider access on paper, but persistent travel, overcrowding and delayed treatment in practice. The next phase hinges on staffing, referrals and sustainable financing

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticized the Rajasthan BJP government, calling the Chief Minister a "parchi CM" and suggesting vasundhara raje would have brought more development. He also attacked UP CM Yogi Adityanath and alleged the BJP misuses institutions, while asserting the PDA community will lead the fight against them.

Rajasthan's ambitious greenfield refinery project, plagued by political interference and cost escalations, faces further delay after a fire incident in its main Crude Distillation Unit. The Rs 79,459 crore project, with 92% work completed, was set for inauguration, but the blaze has cast doubt on its commissioning timeline.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of manipulating the Election Commission during Uttar Pradesh bypolls, alleging the party uses institutions when facing defeat on real issues. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh's final voter list shows an increase of over 84 lakh voters, with the Chief Electoral Officer assuring due process and political party involvement in the revision.

Former Rajasthan chief minister vasundhara raje on Tuesday embarked on a four-day visit to six districts, mainly in the Mewar region, seen as an attempt to reassert her position in the state BJP after maintaining a low profile following her defeat in the 2018 assembly polls.

Lalit Modi said that vasundhara raje did give a written statement for his UK residentship. He further claimed that the Rajasthan chief minister even accompanied his wife for treatment in Portugal.

It was a day of rumours with sources hinting that chief minister vasundhara raje may seek the resignation of all her ministers at Thursday's cabinet meeting ahead of a possible cabinet expansion.

Former chief minister vasundhara raje met the family of slain tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur on Tuesday, a day after attending a two-day meeting of BJP working executives in Hyderabad. Raje arrived at 9pm and spent 30 minutes with the family.

In a move that may hasten the power struggle within the state BJP unit, the supporters of former chief minister vasundhara raje inaugurated the ‘Team vasundhara raje Rajasthan’ (TVRR) state office in the city on Monday to garner support within the party and outside to promote her as the chief minister candidate for the 2023 assembly polls.

Congress MLA from Sanchore, Sukhram Bishnoi on Saturday accused the vasundhara raje government and revenue officers in Jalore district of changing the crop damage assessment reports to avoid paying compensation to farmers and benefit a private insurance company.

The state has alternated between the BJP and the Congress in assembly elections since 1998. Will Rajasthan Chief Minister vasundhara raje break the trend?

"The first thing that has been established is that the fugitive Lalit Modi and vasundhara raje are business partners," Congress said.

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday has dismissed a petition seeking action against the chief minister vasundhara raje under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Chief minister vasundhara raje on Sunday said that the tourism arrivals in the state will see a quantum jump by 2018, with foreign tourist arrivals going up to 2.5 million and domestic tourists going up to 50 million over the next three years.

State government on Thursday appointed CS Rajan as the new chief secretary of Rajasthan.

Rajasthan chief minister vasundhara raje had in August 2011 backed Lalit Modi's UK immigration application on the condition that her support was not made public to Indian authorities.

A Facebook user, who according to his bio on the social network platform, is a Congress Party worker, shared an image of Rajasthan CM vasundhara raje and claimed that she got drunk while resting after the Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra event. The photo shared to make this claim is incomplete.

The vasundhara raje government's decision to accord camel the status of a "state animal" has left the nomadic Rebari community of Rajasthan worried for its livelihood.