As Congress looks likely to lose yet another state to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), eight independent candidates are leading in their respective seats in Rajasthan on Sunday, widening the gap between the two parties.
Four of the eight independent candidates are BJP rebels who were denied a ticket. Those leading include – Ganeshraj Bansal (Hanumangarh), Prabhudayal Sarswat (Lunkaransar), Mukhtyar Ahmad (Kaman), Dr. Ritu Banawat (Bayana), Yoonus Khan (Deedwana), Ravindra Singh Bhati (Sheo), Dr. Priyanka Chowdhary (Barmer), Chandrabhan Singh Chouhan (Chittorgarh) and Ashok Kumar Kothari (Bhilwara). BJP is currently leading on 115 of the 199 seats up for grabs in the Rajasthan Assembly polls.
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