Vishvendra Singh

The Congress high command is reportedly seeking a compromise to avoid a Rajasthan-like political crisis in Karnataka by potentially replacing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. The party aims to manage competing power centers and caste equations carefully to prevent factional instability and protect its electoral prospects in 2028.

Organised Crime Saw Sharp Surge Across State

Newly inducted cabinet minister vishvendra singh on Wednesday took charge as tourism minister in secretariat.

Throwing their weight behind the agitating Gujjars,former Bharatpur MP vishvendra singh and his wife Divya Singh called on the Gujjar leaders at the mahapadav in Dausa on Tuesday and vouched the support of Jat community for their cause.

The ongoing dispute between Deeg-Kumher Congress MLA vishvendra singh and his son Anirudh turned serious, with the latter accusing the core team of his father of issuing threats of an “extremely serious nature”.

Chandrabhan said there could be some issues but vishvendra singh and his supporters should have resolved it amicably.

Anirudh Bharatpur, son of former minister and sitting Congress MLA vishvendra singh, created a flutter on social media by alleging on Twitter on Monday that his father has become an alcoholic and is "violent" towards his (Anirudh's) mother. He said he has not been in touch with his father - who, he claimed, had "destroyed the businesses of friends supporting me" - for six weeks now. In the evening, he deleted the tweet.

The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday issued notices to dissident Congress MLAs Bhanwarlal Sharma and vishvendra singh, asking them to appear before it within three days for investigation into an alleged plot to topple the state government.

Former BJP MP vishvendra singh and his wife Divya on Thursday escaped unhurt when an unidentified assailant opened fire at them during a demonstration outside a hotel here.

Former minister and suspended Congress member vishvendra singh, who was part of the 18 MLAs in the Sachin Pilot camp, claimed that they never wanted to topple the Ashok Gehlot government.

Three days after supporters of former MP vishvendra singh were fired at following ruckus created by them in Bharatpur, district collector Krishna Kunal on Sunday issued a notice to Raghuraj Singh, a former royal family member who authored ‘Bharatpur Rajvansh – Achooti Smritiyan’, asking as to why his book should not be banned.

Tourism minister vishvendra singh’s son has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting the country on foreign soil and attacked the party's government in the state, saying it does not care about people’s problems.

The AICC on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Congress leader and former MP vishvendra singh for his alleged role in the violence committed at the party's function in Bharatpur on May 5.

A Congress function in Bharatpur turned ugly on Saturday when nearly 50 youths led by former parliamentarian and ex-royal vishvendra singh bashed up senior partymen in the presence of party president Chandrabhan.

The political corridors in the state became abuzz with speculations over a meeting between RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Congress legislator vishvendra singh in Bharatpur on Saturday.

A known baiter of chief minister Vasundhara Raje, Bharatpur ex-royal scion and Deeg-Kumher MLA vishvendra singh has reaffirmed his dominance in eastern Rajasthan.The bypoll results have come as a double bonanza for him.

Congress MLA from Deeg-Kumher vishvendra singh has once again put his own party in the dock and called for declaring a chief ministerial candidate before the assembly elections.

Former Lok Sabha MP and Bharatpur ex-royal scion vishvendra singh and his wife Divya Singh, a former MLA, had a narrow escape when a few people attacked them at Deeg town in Bharatpur on Thursday morning.

Even as chief minister Ashok Gehlot was inaugurating the JLF on Thursday and heaping praises on the event, his cabinet colleague and tourism minister vishvendra singh tweeted saying that the festival is not aligned with the marketing strategy of Rajasthan tourism department. The minster had also reportedly recommended cancelling the tourism department’s sponsorship for the event.

The party expelled 17 rebels, including former Cabinet minister Kirorilal Meena and former MP vishvendra singh, who had filed nominations as Independent candidates.

Three Rajasthan Congress MLAs -- vishvendra singh, Ramesh Meena and Deepender Shekhawat from the Sachin Pilot camp, issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying that they were seeking to restore their self respect and are not clamouring for any posts and positions contrary to false reports in the media. vishvendra singh and Ramesh Meena were removed from the cabinet on Tuesday.

Even as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi cleared that assembly elections in Rajasthan would be contested under ‘collective leadership’, party’s Deeg-Kumher legislator vishvendra singh has demanded that a chief ministerial candidate be declared.

Former Lok Sabha MP and Bharatpur ex-royal scion vishvendra singh alleged that a few BJP leaders were supporting Raghuraj and his family due to which police were not taking action.

Tourism department is under process to hire a well-recognised consultant in the country to create a strategy and monitor the performance of Palace On Wheels as it plans to woo domestic tourists in the absence of foreign tourist inflows.

In another suicide by a Rajasthan farmer, third in 24 hours, 35-year-old Titu Jat ended life by hanging himself at his house in Bharatpur's Kumher area on Thursday.

A Congress function in Bharatpur turned ugly on Saturday when nearly 50 youths led by former parliamentarian and ex-royal vishvendra singh bashed up senior partymen in the presence of party president Chandrabhan.