Of these five assembly seats, three were held by Congress and one each by Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP).
Leaders of the respective parties have confirmed that they have now started preparing for the upcoming by-elections.
While the BJP is planning to balance the social engineering equation on these seats, the Congress, buoyed by its success in the Lok Sabha elections, is planning to field sons and daughters of current and former MPs on these seats, according to its leaders. Has been.
MLAs Murari Lal Meena (Congress) from Dausa, Harish Meena (Congress) from Deoli Uniara, Brijendra Ola (Congress) from Jhunjhunu, Hanuman Beniwal (RLP) from Khinvsar, and Rajkumar Rot (BTP) from Chaurasi have been nominated by them as Lok Sabha candidates. I was fielded. respective parties, and all five emerged on the winning side.
Now by-elections will be held on these five assembly seats within the next six months.
After winning 24 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan, the BJP's seat share dropped to 14 this time, with many citing the party's 'weak' social engineering strategy as one of the main reasons for the drop in seat count.Sources said the party does not want to repeat the mistake and hence wants to strike a balance on these questions.
BJP is reportedly considering organizational changes to balance the caste equations.
Presently Chittorgarh MP C.P. Joshi is the state BJP president. Some sources claimed that an OBC, Jat or Rajput leader could be replaced in his place.
Reportedly a section of Rajput and Jat voters were not happy with the party and hence many of them boycotted the Lok Sabha elections.In such a situation, the party can bring a new face as the state BJP president.
Along with Rajendra Gehlot, Madan Rathod and Shravan Bagri, the name of Prabhulal Saini is also in discussion in the political circles of the state.
However, party sources said OBC candidates would be given preference to balance caste equations in places where by-elections are to be held, including Jhunjhunu and Dausa, where the party lost the Lok Sabha elections.
Party sources said the by-election will be another litmus test for the BJP leadership in Rajasthan given the party's poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
However, senior journalist Manish Godha said that the by-elections will not have much impact in terms of numbers as neither the Congress will be in a position to gain if it wins all the seats nor will the BJP suffer much loss if it loses the elections.
However, one fact is certain that if BJP wins these seats then it will be energetic and motivated as it lost 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections compared to 2019, besides it also lost the Sri Ganganagar by-election immediately after the assembly elections held last year. Went.
Leaders of the respective parties have confirmed that they have now started preparing for the upcoming by-elections.
While the BJP is planning to balance the social engineering equation on these seats, the Congress, buoyed by its success in the Lok Sabha elections, is planning to field sons and daughters of current and former MPs on these seats, according to its leaders. Has been.
MLAs Murari Lal Meena (Congress) from Dausa, Harish Meena (Congress) from Deoli Uniara, Brijendra Ola (Congress) from Jhunjhunu, Hanuman Beniwal (RLP) from Khinvsar, and Rajkumar Rot (BTP) from Chaurasi have been nominated by them as Lok Sabha candidates. I was fielded. respective parties, and all five emerged on the winning side.
Now by-elections will be held on these five assembly seats within the next six months.
After winning 24 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan, the BJP's seat share dropped to 14 this time, with many citing the party's 'weak' social engineering strategy as one of the main reasons for the drop in seat count.Sources said the party does not want to repeat the mistake and hence wants to strike a balance on these questions.
BJP is reportedly considering organizational changes to balance the caste equations.
Presently Chittorgarh MP C.P. Joshi is the state BJP president. Some sources claimed that an OBC, Jat or Rajput leader could be replaced in his place.
Reportedly a section of Rajput and Jat voters were not happy with the party and hence many of them boycotted the Lok Sabha elections.In such a situation, the party can bring a new face as the state BJP president.
Along with Rajendra Gehlot, Madan Rathod and Shravan Bagri, the name of Prabhulal Saini is also in discussion in the political circles of the state.
However, party sources said OBC candidates would be given preference to balance caste equations in places where by-elections are to be held, including Jhunjhunu and Dausa, where the party lost the Lok Sabha elections.
Party sources said the by-election will be another litmus test for the BJP leadership in Rajasthan given the party's poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
However, senior journalist Manish Godha said that the by-elections will not have much impact in terms of numbers as neither the Congress will be in a position to gain if it wins all the seats nor will the BJP suffer much loss if it loses the elections.
However, one fact is certain that if BJP wins these seats then it will be energetic and motivated as it lost 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections compared to 2019, besides it also lost the Sri Ganganagar by-election immediately after the assembly elections held last year. Went.
