Three days before nomination ends for Rajasthan Assembly elections, Congress party has released its first list of candidates on Thursday. The list contains names of 152 candidates out of which include 9 Muslim candidates while two student leaders have also been given the ticket. The women representation is around 12 percent with 18 tickets been given to them.
Women Candidates who got the ticket:
As Rahul Gandhi had promised to include more women candidates in the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan, the party has named 18 women candidates in its first list. The list include names of Dr. Girja Vyas, former minister Naseem Akhtar Insaf, Sona Devi Bawri, Rita Chowdhury, Ganga Devi, Shakuntala Rawat, Mamta Bhupesh, Indira Meena, Manju Meghwal, Shobha Solanki, Divya Maderna, Manisha Panwar, Manjula Devi Raut, Kanta Bheel,Rakhi Gautam and Nirmala Sahariya. The party has also given ticket to Krishna Poonia who is an athlete and has won the Delhi CWG 2010 gold medal in “discuss throw”.
Muslim Candidates:
Congress has given 9 tickets to Muslim candidates out of 152 in the first list. The list contains names of four former MLAs of Congress- NAseem Akhtar, Saleh Mohammad, Ameen Khan and Zakir Hussain. Habibur Rahman who had quit the BJP two days ago has also been named in the list. Other leaders who have been given the ticket are, Ameen Kaghzi, Hakeem Ali, Danish Abrar and Rafeeq Mandelya. The Congress had given 16 tickets to muslim candidates in 2013 assembly elections. However, none of them could win the seat.
Congress exhibits nepotism:
The party has also given tickets to the relatives of as many as 15 leaders which includes Danish Abrar, son of former union minister Abrar Ahmad; Divya Maderna, daughter of Mahipal Maderna; Virendra Chowdhury, son of Narayan Singh; Rafeeq Mandelya, son of Maqbool Mandelya; Kuldeep, son of Hiralal Indora; Prashant, son of Sahdev Sharma; Prashant, son of Dwarka Prasad Bairwa, Ganjendra Singh, son of Gulab Singh; Rita Chowdhury, daughter of Ramnarayan Chowdhury, Ramnarayan, brother of Govind Singh; Vivek, son of Khemraj Katara, Brajendra Singh, son of Shisharam Ola, Mahendra, son of Malkhan Bishnoi, Bharat Singh, son of Jhujhar Singh and Surendra, son of bheekha Bha.
Introduction of student leaders:
Although Congress might be a little partial in distributing tickets to the relatives of leaders, this time it has decided to field two student leaders. Two former student’s union president has been given the ticket- Ramniwas Gawadiya from Parbatsar and Maneesh Yadav from Shahpura.
Congress has cautiously avoided giving tickets to candidates who have lost the elections consecutively for two times. It has also fielded 5 SC ST candidates on general seat.
The state will go to polls on December 7 in single phase.
Complete list of Congress candidates in the first list of Rajasthan Assembly Elections
- Sadulshahar – Jagdish Janghid
- Ganganagar – Ashok Chandak
- Suratgarh – Hanymaan Meel
- Raisinghnagar (SC) – Sona Devi Barwi
- Anupgarh (SC) – Kuldeep Indora
- Sangaria – Sabnam Godara
- Hanumangarh – Vinod Chaudhary
- Pilibanga (SC) – Vinod Kumar Godwal
- Bhadra – Suresh Chaudhary
- Khajuwala (SC) – Govind Ram Meghwal
- Bikaner West – Yashpal Gehlot
- Bikaner East – Kanhaiyalal Jhawar
- Kolayat – Bhanwar Singh Bhati
- Lunkaransar – Virendra Beniwal
- Dungargarh – Mangalram Godara
- Nokha – Rameshwar Lal Dudi
- Sadulpur – Krishna Punia
- Taranagar – Narendra Budania
- Sardarshahar – Bhanwar Lal Sharma
- Churu – Rafiq Mandeliya
- Ratangarh – Bhanwar Lal ujari
- Sujangarh (SC) – Bhanwar Lal Meghwal
- Pilani (SC) – JP Chandelia
- Surajgarh – Shrawan Kumar
- Jhunjhunu – Brijendra Singh Ola
- Mandawa – Rita Kumari Chaudhary
- Nawalgarh – Rajkumar Sharma
- Udaipurwati – Bhagwan Ram Saini
- Khetri – Jitendra Singh
- Fatehpur – Hakam Ali
- Lachhmangarh – Govind Singh Dotasara
- Dhod (SC) – Paraasram Mordiya
- Sikar – Rajendra Parikh
- Danta Ramgarh – Virendra Chaudhary
- Neem Ka Thana – Suresh Modi
- Srimadhopur – Deependra Singh Shekhawat
- Kotputli – Rajender Singh Yadav
- Shahpura – Manish Yadav
- Jhotwara – Lalchand Katariya
- Amber – Prashant Sharma
- Jamwa Ramgarh (ST) – Gopal Meena
- Vidhyadhar Nagar – Sitaram Agarwal
- Civil Lines – Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
- Kishan Pole – Ameen Kagzi
- Bagru (SC) – Ganga Devi
- Bassi (ST) – Daulatram Meena
- Bansur – Shakuntala Rawat
- Alwar Rural (SC) – Tikaram Julie
- Rajgarh-Laxmangarh (ST) – Johriwal Meena
- Nadbai – Himanshu Katara (Sharma)
- Weir (SC) – Bhajan Lal Jatav
- Bayana (SC) – Amar Singh Jatav
- Baseri (SC) – Khiladilal Bairwa
- Bari – Giriraj Singh Malinga
- Dholpur – Shiv Charan Kushwaha
- Todabhim (ST) – Prithviraj Meena
- Hindaun (SC) – Bharosi Lal Jatav
- Karauli – Darshan Singh Gurjar
- Sapotra (ST) – Ramesh Chand Meena
- Bandikui – GR Khatana
- Sikrai (SC) – Mamta Bhupesh
- Dausa – Murarilal meena
- Lalsot (ST) – Prasadilal Meena
- Bamanwas (ST) – Indira Meena
- Sawai Madhopur – Danish Abrar
- Khandar (SC) – Ashok Bairwa
- Niwai (SC) – Prashant Bairwa
- Tonk – Sachin Pilot
- Deoli Uniara – Harish Meena
- Pushkar – Naseem Akhtar Insaaf
- Ajmer North – Mahendra Singh Ralawta
- Ajmer South (SC) – Hemant Bhati
- Nasirabad – Ramnarayan Gurjar
- Beawar – Paras Panch Jain
- Masuda – Rakesh Parikh
- Kekri – Raghu Sharma
- Deedwana – Chetan Chaudhary (Dudi)
- Jayal (SC) – Manju Meghwal
- Nagaur – Habibur Rahman
- Khinwsar – Sawaisingh Godara
- Merta (SC) – Sonu Chitara
- Makrana – Zakir Hussain Gaisawar
- Parbatsar – Ramniwas Gawadia
- Nawan – Mahendra Choudhary
- Sojat (SC) – Shobna Choudhary
- Manwar Junction – Jassaram K Rathore
- Phalodi – Mahesh Vyas
- Lohawat – Kisanaram Vishnoi
- Osian – Divya Maderna
- Bhopalgarh (SC) – Bhanwar Balai
- Sardarpura – Ashok Gehlot
- Jodhpur – Manisha Pawar
- Luni – Mahendra Bishnoi
- Bilara (SC) – Heera Ram Meghwal
- Jaisalmer – Roopa Ram Meghwal
- Pokharan – Saleh Mohammed
- Sheo – Ameen Khan
- Barmer – Mewaram Jain
- Baytoo – Harish Chaudhary
- Pachpadra – Madan Prajapat
- Siwana – Pankaj Pratap Singh
- Gudha Malani – Hemaram Chaudhary
- Chohtan (SC) – Padmaram Meghwal
- Ahore – Sawaram Chaudhary
- Jalore (SC) – Manju Meghwal
- Bhinmal – Samarjeet Singh
- Sanchore – Sukhram Vishnoi
- Raniwara – Ratan Devasi
- Sirohi – Jeevaram Arya
- Pindwara-Abu (ST) – Lalaram Garasiya
- Reodar (SC) – Neeraj Dangi
- Gogunda (ST) – Mangilal Garasia
- Jhadol (ST) – Sunil Bhajat
- Kherwara (ST) – Dayaram Parmar
- Udaipur Rural (ST) – Vivek Katara
- Udaipur – Girija Vyas
- Mavli – Lal Singh Jhalla
- Vallabhnagar – Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Salumber (ST) – Raghuveer Singh Meena
- Dhariawad (ST) – Nagaraj Meena
- Dungarpur (ST) – Ganesh Ghogara
- Aspur (ST) – Raiya Meena
- Sagwara (ST) – Surendra Kumar (Bamania)
- Chorasi (ST) – Manjula Devi Rot
- Ghatol (ST) – Nanalal Nimana
- Garhi (ST) – Kanta Bheel
- Banswara (ST) – Arjun Bamaniya
- Bagidora (ST) – Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya
- Kapasan (SC) – Anandi Ram Khatik
- Chittorgarh – Surendra Singh Jadawat
- Nimbahera – Udaylal Anjana
- Pratapgarh (ST) – Ramlal Meena
- Kumbhalgarh – Ganesh Parmar
- Rajsamand – Narayan Singh Bhati
- Nathdwara – CP Joshi
- Sahara – Kailash Trivedi
- Bhilwara – Anil Dangi
- Shahpura (SC) – Mahaveer Prasad (Mochi)
- Jahazpur – Dhiraj Gurjar
- Mandalgarh – Vivek Dhakar
- Hindoli – Ashok Chandna
- Pipalda – Ramnarayan Meena
- Sangod – Bharatsingh Kandanpur
- Kota North – Shanti Kumar Dhariwal
- Kota South – Rakhi Gautam
- Ramganj Mandi (SC) – Ramgopal Bairwa
- Anta – Pramod Jain Bhaya
- Kishanganj (ST) – Nirmala Sahariya
- Saran-atru (SC) – Panachand Meghwal
- Chhabra – Karan Singh Rathore
- Dag (SC) – Madan Lal Verma
- Manohar Thana – Kailash Chand Meena