Supporters of former Rajasthan BJP president Arun Chaturvedi staged a protest on Sunday after he was denied a ticket when the party released another list of 15 candidates for the Rajasthan assembly polls that are due to be held on November 25.
Randhawa, while speaking to ANI, said that three people, including 4-time MP Colonel Sonoram, left the BJP because they felt suffocated in the party and wanted to work with those who were genuinely concerned about the well-being of the public.
In its Sunday list, the party denied a ticket to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's loyalist and Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Dharmendra Rathore.
According to BJP's fifth list of candidates, Anshumaan Singh Bhati has been fielded from Kolayat, Gopal Sharma has been fielded from Civil Lines, and Prahlad Gunjal will be fighting from Kota North.
In the sixth list announced late on Friday night, the party has announced Om Narayaniwal to field from Bhilwara, while from Ladpura, the party has fielded Naimuddin Guddu.
After securing a BJP ticket to seek a fresh term in the Assembly from the Jhalrapatan constituency, Rajasthan's former chief minister Vasundhara Raje filed her nomination in the Jhalawar district on Saturday.
Following the Enforcement Directorate crackdown on several Opposition parties, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took a dig at the ED by likening it to a "locust swarm from Pakistan."
Seeking to give a boost to its assembly poll preparations in Rajasthan, the Congress party on Thursday appointed five special observers including former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda