Rajasthan assembly polls 2023: Congress releases 6th list; leaves Bharatpur seat for RLD

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Rajasthan assembly elections 2023: Here's what Congress has promised for women In its latest list of 22 candidates, the party named Abhimanyu Poonia from Sangaria, Shahjad Khan from Soorsagar, Om Narayaniwal from Bhilwara, and Naimuddin Guddu from Ladpura. So far the party has announced candidates for 178 sets, out of a total of 200. The party has left the Bharatpur seat for the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot has filed his nomination for the upcoming state polls from the Tonk assembly constituency. Pilot had contested from Tonk in the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections and won by a margin of over 54,000 votes against the BJP's Yoonus Khan. The 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will go to polls on November 25 and the counting of votes will be taken up on December 3.

Rajasthan election: Congress infighting on ticket distribution brings forth old rivalries The Congress is seeking to retain power on the strength of its work over the past five years and with the help of welfare schemes announced by the Gehlot government. The state has a long tradition of changing governments every five years and the Congress is hoping to buck the trend this time. CM Gehlot has announced several guarantees for the people of Rajasthan ahead of the upcoming assembly elections on November 25.