Rajasthan Election: Congress Releases Fourth Candidate List, Gehlot Loyalists Joshi, Dhariwal, Rathore Empty-Handed

Rajasthan Congress on Tuesday (31 October) released its fourth list of candidates for the elections scheduled for 25 November with 56 names, taking the count of total announced candidates to 151 of the 200 seats going to polls.

Congress' national spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh has been given a ticket from Udaipur. He had earlier contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Jamshedpur against former Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das but lost.

Interestingly, Gehlot loyalists, cabinet ministers Mahesh Joshi and Shanti Dhariwal and RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore, who played key roles in the 2022 defiance against a high command directive, did not find their names in any of these lists till now.

Vikas Chaudhary, who joined Congress from BJP a few days ago in the presence of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Jhunjhunu, got the ticket from Kishangarh.

The BJP has already declared its candidate, former MP Bhagirath Chaudhary, for this seat. Therefore, the competition here is expected to be quite interesting.