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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma held a roadshow in Dausa on Sunday in favour of the BJP candidate Jagmohan Meena ahead of the Assembly by-elections here.
CM was seen bording a open jeep along with party candidate and sea of crowd and BJP workers walking along with them with flags and posters of the party. Notably, Congress has filled Deendayal Bairwa from the Dausa assembaly seat against Meena. The by-polls in Rajasthan on seven seats including Jhunjhunu, Dausa, Deoli-Uniara, Khinwsar, Chorasi, Salumbar and Ramgarh will be held on November 13 with results to be declared on November 20. The by-polls on these seven seats were necessitated after two MLAs died and five others were elected to the Lok Sabha. Notably, of these seven seats, five were held by the Congress and its allies (Bharat Adivasi Party-one), while the BJP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) hold one each. The BJP has 114 MLAs in 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, Congress has 65, Bharat Adivasi Party three, Bahujan Samaj Party two, one Rashtriya Lok Dal and eight independents. On October 30, Rajasthan Chief Election Officer Naveen Mahajan said that 69 candidates including 10 women and 59 men are in the political field in Rajasthan.However, a total of 94 candidates had submitted their nomination papers till the last date of nomination on October 25. He said 12 candidates each are contesting in Dausa and Khinvsar assembly constituencies. Six candidates are in the fray in Salumbar. (ANI)
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