Mohammad Hamza Khan
The Indian Express
Jaipur, RJ, India
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Child marriages: How Rajasthan’s Cong govt burnt hands with a Bill seen as clearing same
As Assam cracks down with arrests, repeated evidence shows legislation might not be the answer → Read More
In a Rajasthan BJP poster, a picture speaks a thousand words
Vasundhara Raje, long fighting for space in the state party unit, surfaces in a poster outside BJP office in Jaipur; with elections near, the message is not lost on either side → Read More
Pilot camp on MLA resignations: ‘Grave indiscipline’, ‘illegal to intimidate legislators’
Rajasthan Speaker C P Joshi has said that the 81 MLAs who submitted resignation letters to him in September did not do so voluntarily → Read More
Behind PM Modi’s Gujjar outreach in Rajasthan, the aim: Mend quota agitation wounds
In the last election, none of the eight Gujjar MLAs were from the BJP. While the party is working to change that before this year's Assembly polls, CM Ashok Gehlot is also making overtures to the community → Read More
Rajasthan HC seeks records in connection with Congress MLA resignations
Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore had filed a plea seeking details of the resignation of 81 Congress MLAs last year. The Rajasthan HC sought the relevant documents by January 30 → Read More
In Rajasthan battles royale, spotlight on an 18th-century king
An angry Sachin Pilot on one side and combative BJP on the other, Ashok Gehlot hopes to rally Jat votes via Maharaja Surajmal, reaches out to Gurjars → Read More
Will Rajasthan Congress status quo last? As Rahul Yatra moves on, a million-dollar question
The only difference since the time the Yatra entered Rajasthan on December 4 is the relative peace in the ruling party and perhaps that somehow Ashok Gehlot seems on a stronger footing. → Read More
Rahul Gandhi: China preparing for war, threat clear but government ignoring it
At press conference marking 100 days of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi addresses infighting in the party’s Rajasthan unit, says party has “no problem with discussions” → Read More
Sardarshahar bypoll: Cong triumph a booster for Gehlot during Rahul Yatra
The Congress has retained Rajasthan's Sardarshahar seat by a huge margin, which has come as a shot in the arm for it ahead of the 2023 Assembly polls. → Read More
As Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Rajasthan, will Gehlot-Pilot truce hold?
Though the two leaders appeared in a public show of unity on November 29, the Yatra will also be a test of their supporters. → Read More
‘If he has said so… toh phir asset hain’: CM Ashok Gehlot on Rahul Gandhi’s remark on Rajasthan power tussle
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had recently said that Sachin Pilot cannot be made CM as party MLAs would not accept a ‘gaddar’ who had colluded with BJP to topple the government in 2020. → Read More
Day after Ashok Gehlot’s ‘traitor’ barb at Sachin Pilot, uneasy calm in Rajasthan
Most Congress leaders The Indian Express spoke to either toed the party line when they spoke or refused to wade into the controversy. → Read More
Ajay Maken quitting as Rajasthan in-charge is embarrassing to Congress workers: Pilot loyalist
The Ashok Gehlot camp had accused Maken—who has quit citing lack of action against three CM groupies who held a parallel CLP meeting—of trying to empower the high command to choose Sachin Pilot as the new CM when the veteran leader was expected to run for Congress president. → Read More
Ashok Gehlot won’t stop pushing buttons: Takes a dig at Sachin Pilot, calls Shashi Tharoor elitist
Rajasthan CM says Congress should reflect on why MLAs defied central leadership amid talk of leadership change in the state. → Read More
Rajasthan BJP sniffs an opportunity: ‘Cong MLAs’ resignation proper, may go to court’
I think that the correct alternative in today's situation is going into elections, says Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria → Read More
Notices issued to three Rajasthan leaders; Congress keeps all cards on table; keeps Gehlot line open, eyes options
CM's camp in damage control: 'Workers consider Sonia as mother' → Read More
Rajasthan crisis: Gehlot camp confident, Pilot supporters hopeful
Maintaining a studied silence, the Sachin Pilot camp continues to hope he would be made the CM. MLAs close to him have been avoiding airing their views in public since it might jeopardise his chances. → Read More
Congress brass fumes, Ashok Gehlot’s presidency plans under cloud
Sonia meets Kamal Nath after Kharge & Maken brief her on developments in Jaipur. → Read More
To stall Pilot’s CM plan, 90 Gehlot loyalist MLAs submit resignation
As the Congress high command’s inclination to hand over the chief ministership in Rajasthan to Sachin Pilot became apparent, Gehlot loyalist MLAs went into a huddle beginning Sunday afternoon to register their opposition. → Read More
Sachin Pilot’s second coming: Rajasthan PCC chief to Gehlot-baiter to CM spotlight
The son of former Union minister late Rajesh Pilot and ex-Congress MP Rama Pilot, Sachin Pilot studied from some renowned institutions in India and abroad. Currently, he is also a captain in the Territorial Army. → Read More