Rajasthan Election: Congress Fields Rooparam Meghwal From Jaisalmer In 5th List — Details

The list was declared hours after the party declared 56 candidates for the state assembly elections.

Congress on Tuesday released another list of candidates for the upcoming election in Rajasthan ( Image Source :PTI )

New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday released another list of candidates for the upcoming election in Rajasthan, naming five leaders including Roopa Ram Meghwal from Jaisalmer and Vidyadhar Choudhary from Phulera.

The list was declared hours after the party declared 56 candidates for the state assembly elections.

Other leaders named in the list include Saleh Mohammad from Pokaran, Hangami Lal Mewara from Asind, and Dhiraj Gurjar from Jahazpur. 

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The Congress has so far announced 156 candidates for the November 25 polls in the desert state, where the party seeks to buck the trend of incumbent governments being voted out.

In the fourth list, Congress fielded Gourav Vallabh, a well-known economist, against BJP's Tarachand Jain for the Udaipur constituency. 

Manvendra Singh, the son of late BJP politician Jaswant Singh, who recently moved parties from the BJP to the Congress, is slated to run from the Siwana seat.

The Congress had on Thursday released its third list of 19 candidates for the polls. The first list of candidates for Rajasthan had 43 candidates and the second has 33.

In the third list, Speaker Rajendra Prateek was fielded from Sikar, Wajib Ali from Nagar, Shobharani Kushwah from Dholpur, Harish Chandra Meena from Deoli-Uniara, Lakhan Singh Meena from Karauli, and Heera Lal Darangi from Jhalod (ST).

In the first list, the party had unveiled its initial list of 33 candidates, which included Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot. 

The incumbent Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, will run from Sardarpura, while his deputy, Sachin Pilot, has been nominated from Tonk. Indraj Singh Gurjar of Virat Nagar, Mukesh Bhakhar of Ladnun, and Ramniwas Gawariya of Parbatsar are among the leaders who joined Pilot in his revolt against Gehlot in 2020.

The 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will go to polls on November 25 and the counting of votes will be taken up on December 3.