Rajasthan polls: Congress’ first list out, Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot named
Live MintThe ruling Congress has released its first list of candidates for the high-stake Assembly elections in Rajasthan, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot featuring in it. Other prominent names to feature in the list include Congress' Rajasthan unit chief Govind Singh Dotsara, who has been fielded from his incumbent seat of Lachhmangarh; former state cabinet minister Harish Chaudhary who has been issued the ticket from his present seat of Baytoo and Assembly Speaker CP Joshi, who has also been named as the candidate from his bastion of Nathdwara. Here's the full list of candidates named by the Congress in first list: Congress is yet to name its candidates from bulk of the state's 200 Assembly constituencies. In the last Assembly elections held in 2018, the Congress had won 100 out of the 200 seats, and comfortably formed a government with support from smaller parties and independent candidates.