Six sitting BJP MlAs have been dropped in the party’s first list of 176 candidates for Rajasthan. The party has also fielded two former MPs Subhash Mehria and Shrichand Kriplani from lachmangarh and Nimbahera Assembly constituencies, respectively. The party, however, withheld the list of candidates for Delhi which is expected to be announced on Wednesday.
“The BJP’s list for Rajasthan includes 34 SC, 20 ST and 20 women candidates,” BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar said after the BJP’s central election committee meeting here. Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will contest from Jhalrapatan while BJP vice president Kiran Maheshwari has been fielded from Rajsamand.
Former Minister Rajendra Rathore, who was arrested by the CBI in a murder case, has been fielded from Churu. Former vice president’s Bhairon Singh Shekhawat’s son in-law Narpat Singh Rizvi has been fielded from Vidyadhar Nagar.
Former State president Arun Chaturvedi has been fielded from Civil lines while Raje critic Ghanshyam Tewari has been fielded from Sanganer. Former Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria will contest from Udaipur.