Rajasthan Polls: BJP Announces First List of 41 Candidates, Rajyavardhan Rathore Among 7 MPs Contesting
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 10th Oct. Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari and Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are among the seven BJP MPs who will contest the Rajasthan Assembly elections, according to the first list of 41 candidates released by the BJP on Monday.
Diya Kumari will run from Jaipur’s Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency, while Rathore, a former Union minister and retired Army officer, will run from Jhotwara, also in Jaipur district.
Narpat Singh Rajvi, a five-time MLA and the son-in-law of former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, presently holds the Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency for the BJP.
The ruling Congress and other parties hold the remaining 40 seats for which the BJP has announced candidates.
Only three of the 41 candidates are women, while 12 were previously fielded by the party in the 2018 assembly elections.
Six SC and ten ST seats were among the 41 constituencies for which the BJP prepared a list.
Six of the seven legislators are Lok Sabha members, and one is a Rajya Sabha member, Kirodi Lal Meena.
Narendra Kumar of Jhunjhunu will run from Mandawa, Baba Balaknath of Alwar from Tijara, Bhagirath Choudhary of Ajmer from Kishangarh, Devji Patel of Jalore from Sanchore, and Meena from Sawai Madhopur.
The list also included Gurjar leader late Kirodi Singh Bainsla’s son Vijay Bainsla (from Deoli-Uniara seat) and retired IAS officer Chandramohan Meena (from Bassi constituency).
The BJP released its initial list of candidates just hours after the Election Commission declared the poll schedule. Rajasthan will hold elections for all 200 assembly seats on November 23, with votes being counted on December 3.
According to a BJP official, the names of 41 candidates have been approved by the party’s central election committee.
The other BJP candidates are Jaideep Bihani (Ganganagar), Sanjeev Beniwal (Bhadra), Tarachand Saraswat (Dungargarh), Santosh Meghwal (Sujangarh), Bablu Chaudhary (Jhunjhunu), Vikram Singh Jakhal (Nawalgarh), Shubhkaran Choudhary (Udaipurwati), Shravan Choudhary (Fatehpur), Subhash Mahria (Lachhmangarh), Gajanand Kumawat (Danta Ramgarh), Hansraj Patel Gurjar (Kotputli), Prem Chand Bairwa (Dudu), Devi Singh Shekhawat (Bansur), Jairam Jatav (Alwar Rural), Jawahar Singh Bedam (Nagar), Bahadur Singh Koli (Weir), Rajkumari Jatav (Hindaun), Hansraj Meena (Sapotra), and Bhagchand Dakra (Bandikui).
Similarly, Rambilas Meena will contest from Lalsot seat, Rajendra Meena from Bamanwas, Shatrughan Gautam from Kekri, Arjun Lal Garg from Bilara, Balaram Mundh from Baytoo, Nanalal Aahri from Kherwara, Bansilal Katara from Dungarpur, Shankar Decha from Sagwara, Sushil Katara from Chorasi, Krishna Katara from Bagidora, Bhimabhai Damor from Kushalgarh, Udaylal Bhadana from Mandal and Ladulal Pitalia from Sahara constituency.
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