The Congress party today released its fourth and fifth list of candidates having 56 names and five names respectively for the Rajasthan assembly elections. The party has fielded its national spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh from the Udaipur seat. Thes lists brings the total number of nominees declared by the party to 156. The party fielded Ankur Manglani from the Ganganagar seat, Yashpal Gehlot from the Bikaner East, Sanjay Yadav from the Behror seat and Narayan Singh Bhati from the Rajasmand seat.
Manvendra Singh, who left BJP and joined Congress, also got a place in the fourth list. The party has made him a candidate from the Siwana seat. Nadbai MLA Jogendra Awana, who left BSP and joined Congress, also managed to make it to the fourth list. The party has fielded him again from Nadbai seat.
Congress releases a list of 56 candidates for the upcoming election in Rajasthan.
Gourav Vallabh to contest from Udaipur. pic.twitter.com/WVaI9SKHdP
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Congress releases a list of 5 candidates for the upcoming election in Rajasthan pic.twitter.com/uFaa6Uq6Oe
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The Congress has released its third list of 19 candidates on on Friday. The list includes 13 sitting MLAs. The Congress had fielded Shobha Rani Kushwah from the Dholpur seat. Kushwah was previously expelled from the BJP for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections in June last year. Earlier, on October 22 the Congress had released its second list of 43 candidates, naming state ministers Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, and Govind Ram Meghwal.
The ruling party has fielded Govind Ram Meghwal from Khajuwala, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas from Civil Lines and Parsadi Lal Meena from Lolsot. The Congress had on October 21, released its first list of 33 candidates.
In the 2018 Rajasthan assembly elections, the Congress won 99 seats while the BJP won 73 seats in the 200-member house. Ashok Gehlot came to power with the support of BSP MLAs and independents. The polls for the 200-member assembly will be held on November 25. The counting of votes will take place on December 3.