The Sardarpura Constituency will be represented by CM Ashok Gehlot, while the Tonk Constituency will be represented by Sachin Pilot...
Digital Desk: With the elections fast approaching, the Congress party today unveiled its first list of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections, including Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his arch-enemy Sachin Pilot. There are basically 33 names on the list.
The Sardarpura Constituency will be represented by CM Ashok Gehlot, while the Tonk Constituency will be represented by Sachin Pilot. Despite the Congress high command's efforts to bring them together, Pilot and Gehlot have been engaged in a nasty feud.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Congress Committee President Govind Singh Dotasra will run for office in Lachhmangarh. CP Joshi, a prominent member of the party and the Rajasthan Assembly speaker, will run for the Nathdwara seat.
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In other races, the Congress party has nominated Divya Maderna for the Osian seat, and current minister Ashok Chandna will run from Hindoli. Notably, Mamta Bhupesh, Rajasthan's Minister of Child Empowerment, is planning to compete for the Sikrai-SC seat.
The Congress won 99 seats in the 200-member legislative body in the 2018 assembly elections, while the BJP won 73. Ashok Gehlot took power with the support of BSP MLAs and independent lawmakers.
The following states will hold elections in November: 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. All of these states will have their votes counted on December 3.
