Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: Full List Of Congress Candidates

In the first week of November, Congress released its seventh list of 21 candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections, fielding state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal from the Kota North seat.

The party has denied a ticket to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's confidant and Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Dharmendra Rathore.

Dhariwal and Rathore were among the three senior state leaders against whom the party's disciplinary committee had issued notices after they did not attend a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in the state and held a parallel meeting of MLAs instead last year at Dhariwal's residence.

The meeting was seen as a move to determine Gehlot's successor as chief minister as he was in the race for the Congress president post.  Rathore was seeking a ticket from the Ajmer North constituency. The Congress fielded Mahendra Singh Ralawata from the seat.

Mahesh Joshi, the third leader who was issued a notice by the party's disciplinary committee, has already been denied a ticket for the Assembly polls. RR Tiwari has been fielded from Hawa Mahal in his place.

Rajasthan has never re-elected a government since 1998, alternating between the Congress and the BJP

(With PTI inputs)