The Congress on Thursday announced its third list, comprising 19 candidates, for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly election. Tickets were given to one Minister and 11 sitting MLAs, including three Independents who had supported the Ashok Gehlot government during the political crisis in 2020.
The State’s ruling party also fielded two MLAs who had won the 2018 Assembly polls on a Bahujan Samaj Party ticket and later joined the Congress along with four of their fellow legislators. The two legislators are Wajib Ali, who will contest from Bharaput district’s Nagar seat, and Lakhan Singh Meena, fielded from Karauli.
Rajasthan Rural Development Minister Ramesh Chand Meena, considered a loyalist of former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, has been fielded from his constituency of Sapotra in Karauli disrict, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
