The retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was inducted into the BJP by Arun Chaturvedi, the party's joining committee convenor and its state unit vice-president Narayan Panchariya.
While three exit polls predicted the BJP to be the clear winner, two others showed Congress was ahead in the sweepstakes to form the next government in the state.
Congress rule in Rajasthan since 2018, according to multiple media reports, has seen at least half a dozen major cases of leak of question papers in examinations for recruitment to various government posts
After casting his vote in Sardarpura, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches, stating they "lack substance."
Key promises include creating 10 lakh job opportunities, implementing a new recruitment scheme at the panchayat level, and doubling the Chiranjeevi Health Insurance scheme's annual benefit from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh.
In response to the arrest of a police officer for allegedly raping a minor girl in Dausa, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairman, Priyank Kanoongo, announced the issuance of a notice to the Rajasthan government
Enforcement Directorate has summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot for questioning in a case related to alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law
With the Congress delaying the publication of its list of candidates for the November 25 Assembly polls, rumours of a fresh flare-up between CM Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have been gaining ground
The bench of Justices M M Shrivastava and Praveer Bhatnagar posted the matter for the next hearing on November 7, allowing the petitioner to file his rejoinder to the chief minister's affidavit
"There is no problem if leaders come to the state, but don't send the Vice President. Vice President is a constitutional post. We all respect the Vice President and the President," Gehlot said.
The chief minister said the opposition leaders in the poll-bound state are misleading people by calling the state's welfare schemes 'revadi' (freebies).