BJP has issued its fifth list on the last day of nominations for Rajasthan Assembly Polls 2018. This list has come up with few changes. Many of the waiting candidates got the name in the final list. This is the list of eight candidates. There were speculations about BJP’s Yunus Khan to get place in the list or not. Finally, he is contesting the elections from Tonk against Sachin Pilot. Check out for more.
Yunus Khan was kept reserved by the party till the last moment. He is the MLA from Deedwana constituency of Nagaur district. He has replaced Tonk sitting MLA Ajit Singh Mehta from the seat. This change in the strategy made after Congress Rajasthan Chief Sachin Pilot name announced for Tonk seat. Tonk is Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency.
Changes made in the fifth list of BJP
In the fifth list of BJP candidates, party dropped two candidates Ajit Singh Mehta and Shankarlal Kharadi who were earlier given tickets from Tonk and Kherwara seat respectively. Tonk seat is given to Yunus Khan while Kherwara seat is given to Nanala Aahri.
Apart from these two candidates, six other candidates who have been given tickets are Mukesh Goyel (Kotputali), Mohit Yadav (Behror), O P Saini (Karauli), Rajendra Vinayaka (Kekri), Jeetendra Singh Jodha (Deedwana) and Ramchandra Utta (Khinwsar).
Rajasthan is going to hold Assembly Polls on 7th December and the results will be declared on 11th December. Rajasthan Assembly is of 200 seats. As per EC, the election process must be completed before December 13, 2018.
