{"id":7930,"date":"2020-03-13T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T10:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2020-03-13T16:29:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T10:59:15","slug":"rajya-sabha-elections-in-rajasthan-bjp-and-congress-candidates-file-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/rajya-sabha-elections-in-rajasthan-bjp-and-congress-candidates-file-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan: BJP and Congress candidates file nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jaipur: The BJP has fielded Rajendra Gehlot and Onkar Singh Lakhawat from Rajasthan for Rajya Sabha elections. KC Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi will be the Congress candidates from Rajasthan. All the four candidates filed their nominations on Friday. The last-minute entry of Onkar Singh from the state has made the fight interesting. The voting for three Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan will take place on March 25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress state\nin-charge Avinash Pandey, several ministers and MLAs were present when Dangi\nand Venugopal filed their nominations. Onkar Singh and Rajendra Gehlot were\naccompanied by Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia and several legislators\nfrom the party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BJP has declared the candidacy of Rajendra Gehlot\non Wednesday. The Congress declared its candidates late on Thursday. The last\nminute announcement of Onkar Singh left many surprised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dangi is considered close to Ashok Gehlotl however,\nthere was no consensus in the party over his candidacy. An OBC candidate, Dangi\nhas fought assembly elections from Reodar in Sirohi thrice, but he faced defeat\nevery time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources said that Onkar Sigh has been fielded as a\ndummy candidate. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 18. If he\ndidn\u2019t withdraw, the voting will take place. Earlier, the victory of two\ncandidates from the Congress and one from the BJP was considered certain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaipur: The BJP has fielded Rajendra Gehlot and Onkar Singh Lakhawat from Rajasthan for Rajya Sabha elections. KC Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi will be the Congress candidates from Rajasthan. All the four candidates filed their nominations on Friday. The last-minute entry of Onkar Singh from the state has made the fight interesting. 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