The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday released its third list of 21 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Rajasthan which is scheduled to be held on November 25 to elect all 200 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
Of these ten, five candidates are sons of the former CMs, two are nephews, a brother, a grandson and a daughter-in-law. Among the candidates, Six are contesting from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and four are contesting from Congress party in the forthcoming assembly polls.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asserted that the Congress will conduct the caste-based census if the party assumes office at the Centre while questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he is afraid to conduct it.
Slamming the Central government on recent ED raids in poll-bound Rajasthan, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that we won't be scared and one day they (BJP) too will have to suffer.
Several Congress leaders including Chandra Singh Baid, the son of former Rajasthan Finance Minister Chandanmal Baid, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the November 25 Assembly polls.
Speaking to ANI, CM Chouhan said, "Congress' shop of lies is being set up in Madhya Pradesh. Priyanka Gandhi is coming here again. I want to ask her what problem she has with Lord Ram and Ram Mandir. Congress has complained to the Election Commission that the hoardings of the Ram Mandir s
Sharma made the remark in view of Congress party talking to report a complaint to election commission about hoardings of construction of Ram Mandir temple put up in Bhopal while addressing a press conference here on Saturday.
The party has fielded Manish Sharma from Bikaner West, Jhabar Singh Khichhar from Sikar, Vishvender Singh from Ramgarh, Mukesh Bhupremi from Sawai Madhopur and Rohit Joshi from Jodhpur.
Indore police have registered a complaint in connection with a viral video that shows Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya as Ravan and Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla as Lord Ram.
The first phase of polling for 20 seats in Chhattisgarh will be held on November 7. After the first phase of polling on November 7, the remaining 70 seats in the state will go to polls on November 17.