“याचना नहीं अब रण होगा, संघर्ष महाभीषण होगा”न्याय की इस लड़ाई में श्री प्रहलाद गुंजल जी का कांग्रेस पार्टी परिवार में दिल से स्वागत एवं अभिनन्दन l @PrahladGunjal pic.twitter.com/zAuSITH62z
— Ashok Chandna (@AshokChandnaINC) March 21, 2024
Who is Prahlad Gunjal?
He was the MLA from Kota North twice earlier but had lost the last assembly polls. He is seen as a very vocal leader, and with his arrival, Congress is expected to benefit the Hadoti region.
The new list was launched a day after the party named three candidates in the fifth list, two for Rajasthan and one for Maharashtra.
Sunil Sharma replaced after controversy
Notably, one of the three candidates was actually a replacement in the Jaipur constituency. The party axed earlier candidate Sunil Sharma’s poll pass and gave it to former Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas. The development followed after a social media outrage and concerns from Congress members over Sharma’s name, who is reportedly linked to ‘The Jaipur Dialogues’, a platform which routinely criticises the Congress and is said to be a ‘pro-BJP’ organisation.
Rajasthan will go to polls in two phases – on April 19 and April 26.
In the last polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance had won all 25 seats in the state, including one by its former ally Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.
First Published: Mar 25 2024 | 5:48 PM IST