Congress has released the first list of candidates for bypolls on seven assembly seats in Rajasthan and fielded sitting Congress MP Brijendra Ola's son Amit Ola from Jhunjhunu. The party released the list late on Wednesday night as voting for the seven assembly seats -- Jhunjhunu, Dausa, Deoli-Uniara, Khinvsar, Chorasi, Salumbar and Ramgarh -- will be held on November 13.
The votes will be counted on November 23. The last date for filing nominations is October 25.
Former Congress MLA Zubair Khan's son Aryaan Khan has been given a ticket from the Ramgarh seat, which fell vacant after the death of his father. The party has announced Deendayal Bairwa as its candidate from Dausa. Kastoor Chand Meena, Ratan Choudhary, Mahesh Roat and Reshma Meena have been fielded from Deoli-Uniara, Khinvsar, Chorasi and Salumbar, respectively.
The Congress, which formed an alliance during the Lok Sabha elections, has not allied with any regional party for the bypolls. The BJP has already declared candidates for six out of seven seats. The party has not yet announced a candidate for the Chorasi seat.
Four of the seven seats were with the Congress and one each with the BJP, BAP and RLP. The bypolls are being held after the death of Congress MLA Zubair Khan in Ramgarh and BJP's Amritlal Meena in Salumbar. In the rest five constituencies, the MLAs were elected as MPs in the Lok Sabha polls.
These MLAs Got Elected As MPs
Congress MLAs Brijendra Ola (Jhunjhunu), Harish Chandra Meena (Deoli-Uniara), Murari Lal Meena (Dasau), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MLA Hanuman Beniwal (Khinvsar) and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) MLA Rajkumar Roat (Chorasi) were elected as MP in the Lok Sabha elections this year.
The BJP has 114 MLAs in the 200-seat Rajasthan Assembly, followed by Congress (65), Bharat Adivasi Party (3), BSP (2) and RLD (1). The assembly also has eight Independent MLAs.