On Thursday, Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that the upcoming Assembly election in Rajasthan will be held under the collective leadership.
Speaking to the media about the high-level talks chaired by Bharatiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, Shekhawat said, “Discussion on all political issues were held, and it has been decided that the election will be contested under collective leadership.”
When asked about the release of the first list of BJP candidates, Shekhawat said that only authorised people associated with the party can give this information.
He said that there were discussions on all the political issues, on the direction the election is going, all the failures of the state government, the issues that are being faced by the people of Rajasthan and how the party can conduct the elections by formulating all this.
On Wednesday, JP Nadda and Amit Shah held a meeting of the BJP Core Committee. During the meeting, both leaders discussed ticket distribution for the upcoming assembly elections and analyzed the political dynamics in the state. In addition to this, they also reviewed the feedback received during the recent BJP Parivartan Yatra (BJP Transformation Journey).
The 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly polls are expected to be held in or before December this year. Currently, the Congress party is holding the majority in the Rajasthan Assembly, which comprises 200 seats, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot leading the state government.
The previous assembly elections in the state were held in December 2018, when the Indian National Congress emerged as the single-largest party with 100 seats, falling short by one seat of securing the majority mark. The Congress, however, formed the state government after an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party with Congress leader Ashok Gehlot becoming the Chief Minister.
