Summary:
Congress fielded only one Rajput — Pankaj Pratap Singh — in Barmer, while BJP gave nominations to four from Barmer and Jaisalmer, which have nine assembly constituencies. Several of his loyalists were given tickets as well, giving Gehlot a clear advantage against Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot and former Union minister CP Joshi for the top job.The list didn’t have impact of Rajput leader Manvendra Singh, who recently joined Congress from BJP. That person may be a big shot, I won’t care,” Rahul had said in his public rallies.The list, however, included four such “parachute candidates” who joined the party recently. Of the 25 MLAs, 20 were repeated.Also, the party seemed to have failed to keep Rahul Gandhi’s promises. JAIPUR: The Congress’ first list of 152 candidates, announced late Thursday night, for the December 7 Rajasthan Assembly elections has the stamp of Ashok Gehlot — making him frontrunner for the top job, if the party comes to power.As many as 22 ministers and six parliamentary secretaries from the previous Congress government, led by Gehlot, were named in the list..