The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its two candidates from Rajasthan for the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections for three seats in the State. The ruling BJP is set to get two of the seats, while the Opposition Congress will get one, on the basis of their respective strengths in the State Assembly.
The two BJP candidates are BJP State vice-president and former Minister Chunnilal Garasiya, and former Sumerpur MLA Madan Rathore. Mr. Rathore was elected an MLA twice, in 2003 and 2013, and served as the BJP’s Deputy Chief Whip in the Assembly. He was earlier the Chairperson of Pali Central Cooperative Bank.
Mr. Garasiya, a low-profile BJP leader hailing from Udaipur district, is the tribal face of the party. He was elected an MLA twice, in 1990 and 1993, from Udaipur Rural constituency, and he served as a Minister of State for Tribal Area Development. He was also national president of the BJP’s Scheduled Tribe Morcha.
