Summary:
JAIPUR : The ruling BJP late Sunday night declared names of 131 candidates for the December 7 Rajasthan assembly elections. The party retained 85 MLAs and added 25 new faces. The list didn’t include a single minority candidate. The list also included names of Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Kailash Meghwal, Deputy Speaker Rao Rajendra Singh and MLA and former state BJP president Ashok Parnami.Senior leader who didn’t make it to the list was public health engineering minister and legislator from Jaitaram in Pali Surendra Goyal. The list shows that Raje had a major say in the selection of candidates.All the 85 MLAs, who figured in the list, will contest from their existing seats.The list, which included 12 women, 32 youth leaders, 17 SC and 19 ST candidates..