Amit Ora, Jagmohan Meena and Rajendra Bhambu
Congress on Wednesday evening announced the list of candidates for all seven assembly seats in the Rajasthan by-elections. The Congress has issued tickets to Amit Ola from Jhunjhunu and Aryan Zub, MLA from Ramgarh and son of Zubair Khan. Zuber) expresses trust. Congress has fielded DD Bairwa from Dausa seat, KC Meena from Deoli-Uniara, Dr Ratan Chaudhary from Khinvsar, Reshma Meena from Salumber and Mahesh Rot from Chaurasi.
The Congress party has distanced itself from the alliance in Rajasthan and decided to contest the by-elections on its own. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BAP) is contesting from Chaurasi and Salumbar seats. The Congress and BAP had fought side by side in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections but are now trying their luck against each other in the by-elections. In this scenario, there is likely to be a direct competition between the BJP and the Congress on some seats and a possible triangular fight on some seats.
Bharatiya Janata Party announces candidate
The BJP has announced candidates for six of the seven seats in Rajasthan but is yet to field candidates for eighty-four assembly seats. After announcing the list of candidates for the Congress party, the Hanuman Beniwal-led BJP, which is awaiting the Indian Alliance, can now field its candidates in seats other than Khinvsar.
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Seven seats in Rajasthan just fell vacant
By-elections are ongoing in seven assembly seats in Rajasthan, five of which are falling vacant due to MLAs becoming MPs and two seats falling vacant due to the death of MLAs. The Ramgarh seat has fallen vacant due to the death of Congress MLA Zubair Khan; the Salumber seat has fallen vacant due to the death of BJP MP Amritlal Meena. Salumber) seat is vacant.
Meanwhile, five assembly seats fell vacant as MLAs became MPs in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, including Jhunjhunu seat as MP Brijendra Ola, Deoli-Uniara seat Harish Chandra Meena and Dassau seat Murarilal Meena were elected And a vacancy appears. Elected to the People’s House of Representatives. Apart from this, the Kheenchar seat has fallen vacant as RLP MLA Hanuman Beniwal and Bharat Adivasi Party MLA Rajkumar Rot were elected to the Lok Sabha.
The credibility of the Congress and the BJP is at stake.
Of the seven seats up for election in Rajasthan, four are vacant under the Congress quota. One seat each in the quota of BJP, BAP and RLP has become vacant. In this way, the credibility of the Congress is most at risk, while the BJP faces the challenge of safeguarding its reputation. If the Congress party faces the challenge of retaining the four vacant seats, can the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party show its strength?
BJP Congress candidate from Jhunjhunu seat
The Congress has fielded Amit Ola as its candidate from the Jhunjhunu assembly seat, while the BJP has bet on Rajendra Bhambu. In order to retain the Jhunjhunu seat, the Congress is betting on Amit Ola, the son of a former minister in the Gehlot government and sitting MP from Jhunjhunu Brijendra Ola. The seat was won by Brijendra Ola in the 2023 elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress vie for Dasa seat
Congress has nominated DD Bairava as its candidate for Dausa assembly seat. Bairwa’s wife Bina Bairwa currently serves as the chief of the Lawan Panchayat Samiti, while BD Bairwa serves as the general secretary of the district congress committee. DD Bairava is contesting from the BJP’s Jagmohan Meena. Jagmohan Meena is the younger brother of Dr. Kirodilal Meena, Rajasthan Cabinet Minister.
Ramgarh and Khinvsar assembly seats
Congress has fielded Aryan Zubair, the younger son of former MLA Zubair Khan, from the Ramgarh seat. The seat has fallen vacant due to Zubair Khan’s death and the Congress is trying to field his son using sympathy. In this case, Aryan’s opponent is Sukhwant Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Revant Ram Danga of the BJP is contesting from the Khinvsar seat, while Dr Ratan Choudhary will try his luck in the Congress. Ratan Chaudhary, wife of former IPS Sawai Singh, along with Jyoti Mirdha, also joined the BJP but will now contest the Congress election.
The BJP’s Rajendra Gurjar is contesting from the Devli Uniara seat, while the Congress’s KC Meena will contest. Recently, KC Meena participated in VRS and got a ticket following the advocacy of MP Harish Meena. Just like that, Harish Meena is having his close friend competition from his seat.
Salumbar and Chaurasi assembly seats
The BJP fielded Shanta Devi Meena, wife of late MP Amritlal Meena, from Salumber, while Congress unexpectedly gave Reshma a ticket in place of Raghu Vir · Mina. BAP has fielded Jitesh Katara as its candidate, but the BJP has played the sympathy card. Mahesh Rot from student politics is contesting from the Congress for the Cholasi assembly seat. The BJP is yet to field its own candidate in 84 seats but has made the contest interesting by fielding Anil Katara from BAP. The credibility of BAP chief Raj Kumar Rot is at risk.
