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Rajasthan elections:

Congress focuses on its work as

BJP fields MPs amid party infighting

The Congress will begin its election campaign for the upcoming assembly election in

Rajasthan from October 16 with “Kaam kiya dil se, Congress fir se” as its slogan

OUR BUREAU
Jaipur/New Delhi
he Congress Central Election
Committee (CEC) is sched-
Tuled to convene on October 17
to deliberate on the selection of candi-
dates for the upcoming Rajasthan As-
sembly elections, slated to take place
on November 25. The Rajasthan As-
sembly consists of 200 constituencies
that will be contested. Since its for-
mation, the state has been dominated
by the Congress and the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP). Congress secured
a victory in the last elections in 2018
with 101 seats.
The party is yet to release its list
of candidates while the opposition in
the state- Bharatiya Janata Party has
released its first list fielding as many
as 7 MPs in the assembly polls. The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, at
seven MPs include Rajyavardhan the AICC Headquarters, in New Delhi (ANI)
Singh Rathore, who will contest from
Jhotwara, Diya Kumari from Vidhy- victory in the Rajasthan assembly tions like colleges and infrastructure. hlot claimed that the Bhartiya Janta
adhar Nagar, Baba Balaknath from elections. “The BJP will win the Ra- “...PM Modi keeps visiting states Party had accepted defeat in the up-
Tijara, Hansraj Meena from Sapotra jasthan assembly polls with a huge again and again...after the election, coming state polls, BJP leader Ra-
and Kirodi Lal Meena to contest from majority. This is for sure”, Meghwal will PM Modi come and open col- jyavardhan Singh Rathore reacted
Sawai Madhopur. said while speaking to ANI in Rajas- leges here?... Will he come and make sharply to Gehlot’s statement, saying
The Congress will begin its elec- than’s Jaipur. roads here? What will PM Modi do? that even if Congress brings Rahul
tion campaign for the upcoming as- Additionally, Meghwal took the They (BJP) can’t decide a face here, Gandhi as a candidate in Rajasthan,
sembly election in Rajasthan from opportunity to criticize Rajasthan they gave tickets to 9 MPs and I con- the BJP will still win.
October 16 with “Kaam kiya dil se, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for his sider this as their biggest failure...this He further said that the BJP is
Congress fir se” as its slogan, state remarks about the BJP and Prime means they have accepted defeat”, having difficulty deciding a face for
party president Govind Singh Dotasra Minister Narendra Modi. “I do not CM Gehlot said while addressing a there party in Rajasthan. They have
said on Sunday. know what he says. It is his job. But public gathering in Rajasthan’s Churu. given tickets to MPs, and I consider
Dotasra, while addressing the look at Congress’s history, not that On reports of unrest in the this their biggest failure. “This means
media after the meeting of the State they never fielded their MPs for an BJP over ticket distribution in Ra- they have accepted defeat”, CM Ge-
Congress War Room, said that the election. Every party has a different jasthan, Union Minister Arjun hlot said.
party will keep the Eastern Rajasthan policy for elections state-wise. And Ram Meghwal said, “Our team Responding to Ashok Gehlot’s
Canal Project (ERCP) on its priority the BJP workers are unanimous re- has been formed for damage con- statement, Rathore said, “Why is
list and start campaigning from Baran garding this”, the union minister said. trol. We will take a grip over it. We Ashok Gehlot so afraid... The elec-
district and cover 12 districts of east- Earlier, Chief Minister Gehlot are working for it day and night”. tion is between the political parties,
ern Rajasthan where the canal is pro- suggested that the BJP had already The BJP is leaving no stone un- so let the Congress contest with their
posed for meeting out drinking and acknowledged its impending defeat turned to emerge victorious in the best team, and we (the BJP) will con-
irrigation water for the people. in the state elections. He questioned five states, going to poll next month. test with our best team. We are not
But Union Minister Arjun Ram the continued visits of Prime Minis- As a part of it, it pitted MPs including questioning who Congress is contest-
Meghwal on Thursday stated on ter Modi to the state, speculating on Union Ministers in the states of Mad- ing the elections with; let them bring
Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata whether such visits would translate hya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Rahul Gandhi as well, and we will still
Party (BJP) will secure a resounding into long-term investments in institu- After Rajasthan CM Ashok Ge- win double the seats.”

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