Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2024: Alwar MP, Mahant Balaknath emerges as top BJP candidate for CM's post
Rajasthan Assembly polls has emerged as the favourite candidate for the chief ministerial position after the latest trends showed the party comfortably crossing the halfway mark. Balaknath, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Alwar and is 40 years old, told ANI that this time BJP on its own will bag 120 seats in Rajasthan. Balaknath had taken sannyasa since his childhood days at the age of 6.
The decision of him becoming a saint was taken by his family members. Balaknath shared that he always wanted to serve the society. "Whatever be the medium, the society should be served and that is what I am doing," he asserted, as quoted in the report.
Balaknath is ahead from his Tijara constituency, with Congress trailing by a huge margin. Also Read | Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan Election Results 2023 Live: BJP's Vasundhara Raje leads against Congress' Ram Lal Chouhan Just before the counting of the votes started this morning, Balaknath visited a Lord Shiva temple and offered his prayers. Rajasthan has 199 Assembly seats, with BJP currently leading on 112 seats and incumbent Congress a distant second at 71.
Over 40 rebels from both the BJP and the Congress contested the Rajasthan election after they were denied tickets. Also Read | Rajasthan Election Results 2023 LIVE News Updates: BJP set for massive victory, stinging defeat for Gandhis The reason for the BJP's comfortable victory, according to Balaknath, is that the people wanted to get rid of Congress, as quoted by ANI. He alleged that Rajasthan Congress is responsible for corruption, atrocities against women, and rising crimes.
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