After days of speculation, Indian National Congress finally released the first list of 152 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan. Rajasthan is set to vote for a new government on 7th December and the results will be announced on 11th. The last date of filing nominations in Rajasthan is 19th November.
The election commission had issued the notification for Rajasthan elections on Monday and declared 19th November to be the last date for filing the nomination. Since then, there were a lot of speculations about the candidates Congress is going to field. BJP has already released two lists of candidates, the first of which, had 131 names, whereas, the second list contains 31 names.
Congress in Rajasthan has been trying to satisfy the two groups, and to avoid any rift in the party, two of its most popular faces in Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, and Ashok Gehlot, both had declared to contest elections. There have been a lot of speculations about who would be Congress’ CM candidate in Rajasthan and the move to field both the contenders, seems to have delayed the discussion.
The 151 member list has both, Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot. Ashok Gehlot will contest from Sardarpura constituency in Jodhpur, whereas, Sachin Pilot has been fielded from Tonk seat. Other notable names in the list include Girija Vyas, former chief of National Commission for Women, who has been fielded from Udaipur and CP Joshi, another veteran in Rajasthan politics, will contest from Nathdwara.
BJP MP Harish Meena, who has just joined Congress after leaving BJP, has been given ticket from Deoli Uniara. Rameshwar Lal Dudi, who is currently the leader of the opposition, will contest from Nokha, whereas, AICC secretary Harish Choudhary will contest from Bytoo seat. Habibur Rahman, former BJP MLA from Nagaur, who left BJP to join Congress just days ago, has also been given a ticket from Nagaur.
Krishna Punia, discus thrower & Arjuna award winner, has been given ticket to contest from Sadulpur constituency. Pratap Singh Khachariyawas will contest from Civil Lines constituency in Jaipur.
Manvendra Singh, son of former BJP union minister Jaswant Singh, who had recently left BJP to join Congress, does not feature in the list.
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
Check Official press release from Congress.
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