Rajasthan Elections / BJP releases third list of 58 candidates, Mahendra Singh against Gehlot

Rajasthan Elections: Bharatiya Janata Party has released the third list of candidates for Rajasthan. This list contains the names of candidates declared for 58 out of the remaining 76 seats. BJP has also made it clear from its list that it is in no mood to give any kind of walkover to Congress in Rajasthan. That is why Mahendra Singh Rathore has been fielded against CM Ashok Gehlot from Sardarpura seat. Whereas in Tonk, the responsibility of competing with Sachin Pilot has been given to Ajit Singh Mehta. It is believed that the names on the remaining seats are almost final, which will be announced soon by the party.

58 names have been included in the third list of BJP released on Thursday, before this BJP had released two lists of 41 and 83 candidates respectively. It is believed that the names on the remaining seats are almost final, which will be announced soon by the party. At present, in the third list, the party has fielded Bal Mukund Acharya from Hawamahal along with declaring a strong candidate against Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot.

In the BJP list, preference has also been given to the leaders who switched parties and joined the BJP. This includes the names of three leaders who resigned from Congress and RLP and joined BJP on Wednesday itself. In which Darshan Singh Gujjar, who came from Congress, has been given ticket from Karauli, Subhash Meel, also from Congress, has been given ticket from Khangdela and Uday Lal Dangi, who has joined BJP from ILP, has been given ticket from Vallabhar Nagar.

Jitendra Singh Jodha has been made the candidate from Deendwana seat in the third list of BJP. Here the ticket of Yunus Khan, who is considered very close to Vasundhara Raje, has been cut. The special thing is that Yunus Khan has been MLA from this seat twice. Yunus had also held the PWD ministry in the Vasundhara government, although this time there were already speculations that Yunus Khan's ticket would be cut.