"BJP will win with huge majority...: Arjun Ram Meghwal on Rajasthan assembly polls

Jaipur: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday stated on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will secure a resounding victory in the Rajasthan assembly elections.

"The BJP will win the Rajasthan assembly polls with a huge majority. This is for sure", Meghwal said while speaking to ANI in Rajasthan's Jaipur.
Additionally, Meghwal took the opportunity to criticize Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for his remarks about the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"I do not know what he says. It is his job. But look at Congress's history, not that they never fielded their MPs for an election. Every party has a different policy for elections state-wise. And the BJP workers are unanimous regarding this", the union minister said.

"If the PM comes and inaugurates and launches projects in Rajasthan, they are beneficial to the people and they are questioning it. The CM also questioned the visits of the Vice President. People in constitutional positions should not criticise anyone who is in a constitutional position, this is what the Constitution says", he added.

Earlier, Chief Minister Gehlot suggested that the BJP had already acknowledged its impending defeat in the state elections. He questioned the continued visits of Prime Minister Modi to the state, speculating on whether such visits would translate into long-term investments in institutions like colleges and infrastructure.

"...PM Modi keeps visiting states again and again...after the election, will PM Modi come and open colleges here?... Will he come and make roads here? What will PM Modi do? They (BJP) can't decide a face here, they gave tickets to 9 MPs and I consider this as their biggest failure...this means they have accepted defeat", CM Gehlot said while addressing a public gathering in Rajasthan's Churu.
On reports of unrest in the BJP over ticket distribution in Rajasthan, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said, "Our team has been formed for damage control. We will take a grip over it. We are working for it day and night".

The BJP is leaving no stone unturned to emerge victorious in the five states, going to poll next month. As a part of it, it pitted MPs including Union Ministers in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

While, the BJP fielded Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Lok Sabha MP from Jaipur Rural, in Jhotwara Assembly constituency, the party fielded three central ministers -- Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of State (MoS) for Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel, and Minister of State for Rural Development and Steel Faggan Singh Kulatse--and four Lok Sabha MPs in Madhya Pradesh polls.
The Election Commission on Monday announced the schedule for assembly polls in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana.

Polls will be held in Mizoram on November 7, Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh on November 17, Rajasthan on November 23 and Telangana on November 30.
The counting of votes will take place on December 3 in all the states.
Of the five states, polling in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases. The Model Code of Conduct has come into force with the announcement of poll dates.

The elections to five states are crucial as they are being held months before the Lok Sabha elections in April-May next year.
Congress and BJP are the key players in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Telangana is expected to witness a triangular contest between the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Congress and BJP.