Vasundhara Raje  

Polling began in 17 seats in Maharashtra, 13 each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, eight in West Bengal, six each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, five in Bihar, three in Jharkhand and a part of the Anantnag constituency in Jammu and Kashmir

According to the transfer list issued by the state government on Tuesday night, powerful babus of the previous regime were sidelined, especially Tanmay Kumar, who was the principal secretary to Vasundhara Raje. Kumar was shunted out to Bikaner as irrigation commissioner

Expelled Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav, on Thursday, body shamed chief minister Vasundhara Raje while campaigning in Rajasthan's Alwar.

Voting has begun in Telangana and Rajasthan for 119 and 199 Assembly constituencies respectively amid tight security on Friday. 

In September, the 54-year-old Rajput leader had quit the BJP and joined the Congress with a parting shot, "Kamal Ka Phool, Hamaari Bhool"

The BJP party has fielded its Lok Sabha MP Sona Ram Choudhary in the Assembly poll and given tickets to 12 women, 32 youth, 17 SC and 19 ST candidates

Rajasthan minister mentioned that he was forced to urinate in the open as there was no urinal nearby for kilometres at a stretch.

Modi said, 'The Congress loves to divide the country along caste lines. They love to split us among poor and rich, men and women, urban and poor. Congress believes in the politics of vote-bank.'