Rajasthan Assembly polls: CM Ashok Gehlot files nomination papers from Sardarpura seat

06 Nov 2023 Evaluate

Rajasthan Chief Minister (CM) Ashok Gehlot today filed his nomination for the upcoming state polls from the Sardarpura seat in Jodhpur district. 

CM's wife Sunita Gehlot and son Vaibhav Gehlot accompanied him when he filed his nomination papers. Gehlot sought his sister's blessings before filing a nomination papers. After filling the nomination, Gehlot said that he has fulfilled the duties as a 'pratham sevak'. ‘Whatever I have learned through my experience in Jodhpur, I have given it for the service of Rajasthan. Now it is up to the people to decide,’ he said. CM stated that the people of the state are in the mood to repeat the government in Rajasthan. ‘Earlier Rajasthan was known as a backwards state but now it has changed. Today, Rajasthan has AIIMS, IITs, IIMs and other universities. When I became the CM for the first time, there were only six universities and now there are over 100 colleges’, he added. 

A public meeting of Congress is also scheduled at Umaid Singh Stadium later today, where party president Mallikarjun Kharge is expected to participate. Voting for all 200 seats in the state will be held on November 25 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3. Sardarpura is seen as a Congress stronghold with Gehlot winning from the seat in all elections since 1998. In the 2018 assembly elections, Gehlot had secured 63 per cent of the votes from this constituency. 


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