Urvashi Dev Rawal is assistant editor with Hindustan Times Rajasthan edition and is based in Jaipur. She reports on politics, development journalism and women’s issues. She has reported from Delhi and Gujarat previously.
Articles by Urvashi Dev Rawal
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress in weak position, says RLP’s Hanuman Beniwal
Prior to the announcement of the Congres’ first list of candidates in Rajasthan, there had been speculation about a possible alliance between the Congress and Beniwal’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP).
Published on Mar 30, 2019 03:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur
Lok Sabha elections 2019:Testing times ahead for former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje
Vasundhara Raje, who has been has been two-time Rajasthan chief minister, five-time MP and five-time MLA, was once the power centre in the state. After her entry into the state politics in 1984, the state BJP has been synonymous with Raje.
Updated on Mar 20, 2019 11:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Post Balakot, BJP bets on sitting MPs in Rajasthan
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP leaders with knowledge of the matter said that on several seats where the BJP was not confident of a win earlier, it is now planning to going ahead with sitting MPs post the Balakot air strikes that changed the mood in the nation in favour of the BJP
Published on Mar 19, 2019 12:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Lok Sabha Election 2019: Farm issues, nationalist fervour dominate in Bikaner
The region has a history of a strong peasant movement during Independence. The Jats, who led the revolt against the feudal landlords, are politically influential in the region. Brahmins and Scheduled Castes are other influential communities.
Published on Mar 17, 2019 09:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BTP’S rise worry for Congress, BJP in Rajasthan’s tribal belt
Lok Sabha Elections: The Bharatiya Tribal Prty(BTP) contested 11 seats in Rajasthan assembly elections in December 2018 and won two. It has decided to fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on three seats . The party’s growing support among tribals has the Congress and BJP worried about a shift in their vote base.
Updated on Mar 13, 2019 03:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Will Rajasthan CM Gehlot’s magic work on home turf Jodhpur?
With the BJP regaining steam after the Balakot IAF air strike, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot will hope to leverage advantage from Jodhpur division in Lok Sabha elections 2019. The Congress did well here in the 2018 assembly polls.
Updated on Mar 12, 2019 04:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
BJP to unveil new design of sarees with IAF air strike, Modi prints
The digitally printed sarees cost ₹650 while the plain saree costs ₹150, the store manager, Shyam Gupta, said.
Updated on Mar 10, 2019 10:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
After success in Rajasthan assembly poll, BTP to contest 3 Lok Sabha seats
The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) emerged as a dark horse in the Rajasthan assembly elections in December 2018, winning two of the 11 constituencies where it had fielded its candidates. Now the party plans to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Feb 28, 2019 02:10 PM IST
Hindutstan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
‘Comfortable praying in temples and mosques, fanatics shouldn’t dictate religion’: Ustad Moinuddin Khan
Khan rebuffs bigots saying he is comfortable praying in temples and mosques and fanatics should not dictate religion to people.
Published on Feb 27, 2019 09:40 PM IST
Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Loan waiver dole populism not a solution in Jaipur: Economists
The state’s outstanding liabilities are 27.57% of its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), already above the 25% limit set by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act.
Published on Dec 22, 2018 02:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2018: Kirodi Lal Meena factor failed to work for the BJP
Kirodi Lal Meena, who rejoined the BJP in March this year after a 10 year hiatus, was expected to swing the Meena votes in BJP’s favour in the Rajasthan assembly election. He was a National People’s Party (NPP) MLA from Lalsot at the time of his return.
Published on Dec 13, 2018 03:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan Election Results 2018: BJP fails to overcome jinx, anti-incumbency
Rajasthan Election Results 2018: The BJP failed to break the jink of a ruling party not returning to power in Rajasthan. While the party will introspect on the causes of the loss, the main factor was anti-incumbency.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 05:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur
Rajasthan assembly election: Vasundhara Raje lost perception battle before poll loss
The two-time chief minister was unable to break the jinx of the incumbent being voted out of power in the state.
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 02:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Facing tough fight in Rajasthan assembly elections, RSS goes all out to draw voters for BJP
The RSS has held close to 300 meetings of its workers across the state in the past fortnight for the December 7 assembly elections.
Updated on Dec 06, 2018 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Confident people will vote for me again, says BJP Vidhyadhar Nagar candidate
Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Narpat Singh Rajvi is a two-time MLA and BJP’s candidate from Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly constituency in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly election.
Updated on Dec 04, 2018 03:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Congress’ Vidhyadhar Nagar candidate says he’ll serve people as their servant
Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Sitaram Agarwal, the Congress candidate from Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly seat says his two priorities are improving law and order situation and uninterrupted water supply in every ward.
Updated on Dec 04, 2018 03:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
I have delivered results, it shouldn’t be a black mark: Vasundhara Raje
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje tells Urvashi Dev Rawal that there is no anti-incumbency and BJP will win the assembly elections based on the work done by her government in the last five years.
Updated on Dec 03, 2018 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Losses in Alwar, Ajmer by-elections were eye-opener for us, says Om Prakash Mathur
BJP national vice-president Om Prakash Mathur admits the party did not sense anger against the Vasundhara Raje government before bypoll losses in Ajmer and Alwar.
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Chetan Chauhan and Urvashi Dev Rawal
BJP will kick out all infiltrators from country in 2019, says Amit Shah
Rajasthan assembly election 2018: BJP national president Amit Shah, while addressing a rally in Rajasthan where assembly election is due on December 7, said that the Congress had failed to disclose its chief ministerial candidate in the state.
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 12:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bharatpur | Urvashi Dev Rawal, Bharatpur
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Rumblings of discontent in BJP bastion Hadoti, Raje’s home turf
Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Hadoti comprises districts of Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar and Baran. BJP has held sway in the distric since the past 30 years. The BJP won 16 of the 17 assembly seats in the last assembly elections. This time around the picture doesn’t seem to be so rosy for the BJP. The general sentiment especially in the rural areas seems to be pro-Congress.
Updated on Nov 29, 2018 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Dushyant Singh confident of mother Raje’s win in Jhalrapatan
Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Dushyant Singh, BJP ‘s Jhalawar MP and son of Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, is campaigning for his mother in the December 7 assembly election. He says Raje’s absence from her Jhalrapatan seat will not affect the campaign much and is confident of her victory.
Updated on Nov 28, 2018 02:46 PM IST
Hindusan Times, Chhabda | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan election 2018: Pitted against CM Raje, Manvendra Singh asks voters to ‘end rule of injustice’
Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Manvendra Singh, a former BJP leader, is pitted against Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje in her home constituency, Jhalrapatan in the December 7 assembly election. Singh had quit the BJP in September and joined the Congress in October.
Updated on Nov 28, 2018 02:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Manda (Jhalawar) | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan results will depend on who makes how many mistakes: BJP’s Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
BJP election managment committee convenor Gajendra Singh Shekhawat believes that during campaigning for December 7 assembly election in Rajasthan, Congress leaders making controversial statements will only help the ruling party in the state.
Updated on Nov 27, 2018 02:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Rajasthan CM Raje prevails in fight for minister, it is Yunus Khan vs Pilot in Tonk
Yunus Khan’s name figured in the fifth and final list of candidates for Rajasthan assembly elections released by the BJP. He is a minister in the Vasundhara Raje cabinet.
Updated on Nov 20, 2018 02:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
BJP banks on veteran leaders to retain power in Rajasthan
A senior state BJP leader said tickets were given on the basis of winnability and the party decided to go with known candidates in some tight contests where it had few options.
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
BJP’s campaign mantra in Rajasthan is Jan Sampark: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
BJP’s Rajasthan election management committee convenor Gajendra Singh Shekhawat says that during campaign for assembly polls, the party is focusing on telling people about the welfare schemes and development done by the governments of CM Vasundhara Raje and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Updated on Nov 07, 2018 01:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
Catchy songs add desi flavour to election campaigns in Rajasthan
As political parties gear up for the campaign, several songs with fast-paced beats and catchy lyrics lauding leaders such as Raje, Gehlot, Pilot and Jat leader Hanuman Beniwal have become a hit on social media.
Published on Nov 01, 2018 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan TImes | Urvashi Dev Rawal
There’ll be many surprises in BJP’s ticket distribution, says Prakash Javadekar on Rajasthan assembly elections
Prakash Javadekar, the BJP election in-charge for Rajasthan told HT that will be many surprises in ticket distribution for the upcoming assembly elections. He agreed that cutting tickets to sitting legislators will help the party.
Updated on Oct 18, 2018 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal
BJP, Congress leaders seek feedback from partymen in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
In Rajasthan, BJP leaders are gathering responses from former workers, elected representatives and office-bearers on possible candidates. The Congress, on the other hand, is making calls to 9 lakh workers registered to get the name of candidates of their choice in their respective constituencies.
Updated on Nov 01, 2018 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Urvashi Dev Rawal and Ranjan
PM Modi to launch BJP’s campaign in poll-bound Rajasthan with rally in Ajmer on Saturday
The BJP’ state election management committee has proposed a schedule for the PM Modi’s public meetings in Rajasthan which is awaiting the PMO’s nod.
Updated on Oct 04, 2018 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Urvashi Dev Rawal