In his resignation letter, Sharma wrote, "I take moral responsibility for the Congress party's unexpected defeat in the assembly elections".

With the initial trends pointing at the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat, Congress state in charge Raghu Sharma on Thursday expressed hope of having "surprising" results for this party.

New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Delhi Police have busted a kidney racket in South Delhi and arrested 10 persons from various parts of the city.

Jaipur Nov 28 PTI Hours after Parliament passed a bill to repeal the three agri laws Congress in-charge for Gujarat Raghu Sharma on Monday demanded that the government bring a law to guarantee farmers a minimum support price MSP for their produceIn a statement he said the purchase of crops below the declared MSP should be legally prohibitedThe Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 which sought to rescind the three laws passed last year to ease rules around the sale pricing and storage of farm crops was taken up by Lok Sabha that passed it within minutes and thereafter it was introduced in Rajya Sabha and approved by voice vote The whole exercise was completed within two hoursThe bill now awaits the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind for the formal withdrawal of the three contentious laws against which farmers have been protesting for the past yearSharma said the Centre should bring a law to guarantee farmers an MSP for their crops The MSP should be a legally reserved price so that no purchase is made below that priceThe former health minister of Rajasthan also said that the MSP should be determined by adding 50 per cent profit over the C2 cost of the Agricultural Cost Price Commission which was recommended by the Swaminathan Commission and promised by the ruling BJPSharma also sought compensation for the families of 700 farmers who were allegedly killed during the agitation against the agri lawsThousands of farmers especially from Punjab Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the three farm laws at Delhi borders since November last year The agitation completed a year on Friday PTI AG DIV DIV

Jaipur Nov 20 PTI Ahead of the proposed Cabinet reshuffle Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will hold the last meeting of his current council of ministers on Saturday evening when ministers are likely to resign The meeting will take place at 5 pm at the chief ministers residence official sources said The sources said the Cabinet meeting has been called ahead of the proposed Cabinet reshuffle and ministers are likely to resign Govind Singh Dotasra Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma have already offered resignation in writing to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday The sources added the oath ceremony may take place on Sunday at Raj Bhawan AICC general secretary Ajay Maken arrived in Jaipur last night and told reporters about the resignation of the three ministers who desired to work for the party While Dotasra is the PCC chief Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma are in-charge of the partys affairs in Punjab and Gujrat respectively After their resignation the strength of the Cabinet has reduced from 21 to 18 Rajasthan can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief minister The clamour for Cabinet reshuffle had been growing for the last several months with the Pilot camp demanding to accommodate supporters of the states former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilots supporters in the government Apart from the Congress MLAs independents who support the government and MLAs who defected from the BSP to Congress also have expectations from the reshuffle Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had recently hinted that the Cabinet reshuffle will take place soon PTI SDA RAX RAX

Jaipur Oct 30 PTI Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Saturday instructed officials to ramp up sampling and testing for the prevention of dengue and other seasonal diseasesHe also directed them to ensure the availability of testing kits and medicines carry out door-to-door survey in the affected areas effective implementation of anti-larva drive and raise awarenessIn a virtual meeting with officials to review the progress of departmental preparations for seasonal diseases Sharma said if the number of patients is high then beds should be made available in medical institutions of the respective areasHe directed officials to increasing testing saying the more testing is done the sooner patients can be identified and their treatment startedThe minister directed the officers to coordinate with the local bodies in the affected districts for fogging spray and mosquito net distributionHe also directed for effective monitoring of control rooms and rapid response teams set up in all districtsAccording to an official release Sharma also said that both the doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered to more than 2 crore people in the state PTI SDA TIR TIR

Jaipur: On Monday, Chief Minister of Rajashthan Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalraj Mishra. In a tweet by Rajasthan Raj Bhavan, the gathering was termed a ‘courtesy call’ from Gehlot. There is speculation that political discussions will take place and there could be a cabinet reshuffle ahead of Diwali. An atmosphere of suffocation has been created in the country and there is a fear among people, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi should work to remove, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday.

Jaipur Oct 25 PTI Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Monday administered deworming medicines to children as he launched a state-level programme under the National Deworming ProgrammeChildren aged between one and 19 years in the state will be administered deworming tablets albendazole from October 25 to 30 Sharma said during the launch of the programme from the Government District Hospital in Kekri townHe said that this programme will be carried out in the entire stateSharma said that worm infection in children affects their physical development haemoglobin level nutrition level and mental levelThese worms are intestinal worms in children which affect their development in every way The spread of worms can be stopped by deworming at regular intervals by giving albendazole he saidThe health minister on the occasion released a poster of the National Deworming Programme PTI AG ANB ANB

Jaipur Oct 24 PTI Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday inaugurated medical infrastructure in Rajasthan and said that the state is now fully capable of combating a possible third wave of COVID-19He said that the state government has developed high-quality health facilities on a large scale in the state and the medical infrastructure has been strengthened from the state capital to villagesGehlot inaugurated NICU PICU ICU oxygen generation and liquid medical oxygen plants at medical institutions in the state on Sunday He also inaugurated projects worth Rs 23166 crore and laid the foundation stone of works worth Rs 5061 croreIn a statement the chief minister said that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet In many countries including the UK and Russia the situation has become serious again Cases have also started increasing in many states In such a situation alertness and vigilance are extremely importantThe state government saved the lives of many people by managing the situation excellently during the first and second waves of the pandemic he saidOur efforts are being appreciated in the country and the world he addedGehlot said that the state government has strengthened all the essential health services increased the number of testing facilities set up a genome sequencing facility achieved self-sufficiency in oxygen production and increased ICU beds to combat the potential third wave of the pandemicHealth Minister Raghu Sharma said that during the second wave the entire country faced an oxygen crisis but the Rajasthan government ensured availability of the life-saving gas in the stateNow we are completing the work of setting up oxygen plants on priority he said PTI AG DIV DIV

Jaipur Oct 21 PTI More than 610 crore coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in Rajasthan the states Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Thursday He said that the state has so far administered 421 crore first doses and 189 crore second doses of COVID-19 vaccine The vaccination drive will be given further pace for cent percent inoculation of the targeted group The department is also fully prepared for the vaccination of people aged less than 17 years he said Sharma said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had recently directed healthcare officials to speed up the vaccination drive It would be our effort that vaccination is done in a time-bound manner and at a fast pace so that we can easily cover the targeted group he added Sharma said that the state government has made all the arrangements to prevent seasonal diseases and a third wave of COVID-19 The health minister said infrastructure at all medical institutions in the state is being strengthened to prevent seasonal diseases PTI SDA SMN SMN