‘Unhappy’ over distribution of tickets for Rajasthan Assembly polls, BJP workers stage protest in Jaipur

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India]: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Sunday staged a protest before the BJP office in Rajasthan’s Jaipur against candidate selections by the party for the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

The BJP had on October 9 released its first list of the 41 candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections scheduled for November 25. Former union minister and MP Rajyavardhan Rathore will contest from Jhotwara and Diya Kumari, MP, has been fielded from Vidhyadhar Nagar. Baba Balaknath has been fielded from Tijara and Kirodi Lal Meena from Sawai Madhopur.

However, reports claim that there is disappointment among the BJP workers over ticket distribution.

Earlier on Saturday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly elections with former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to recontest from Jhalrapatan.

The party declared 83 candidates in the second list which has some prominent names including former Rajasthan BJP president Satish Punia, who has been fielded from the Amber constituency.

Leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Rajendra Rathore, will contest elections from the Taranagar constituency. Former MP Jyoti Mirdha, who joined the BJP last month after leaving Congress, has been fielded from the Nagaur constituency.
Jhalrapatan is traditional seat of Vasundhara Raje.

Meanwhile, the Congress on Saturday announced its first list of 33 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan.

According to the list, CM Ashok Gehlot will contest from Sardarpura Constituency. Sachin Pilot has been fielded from the Tonk constituency.

Tonk is the traditional seat of Pilot.

In the 2018 assembly elections, the Congress won 99 seats while the BJP won 73 seats in the 200-member house. Ashok Gehlot came to power with the support of BSP MLAs and independents.

Polls will be held in Mizoram on November 7, Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh on November 17, Rajasthan on November 25 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.