Karauli-Dholpur Lok Sabha Election: In This Rajasthan Constituency, It's a Jatav vs Jatav Battle
News 18Karauli-Dholpur Lok Sabha constituency is designated a Scheduled Caste parliamentary seat. For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the candidates in the fray are BJP’s Indu Devi Jatav and Congress’ Bhajan Lal Jatav. While the two districts of Karauli and Dholpur have traditionally leaned towards the Congress, the BJP took the reins of their parliamentary seat in 2014 majorly due to the Modi factor. Bhajanlal, a two-time MLA from Bharatpur’s Weir assembly constituency and a former cabinet minister in the last Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government, is perceived as a non-local leader despite his seniority in the Congress. Challenges: The exit of senior party leaders like Khiladi Lal Bairwa, the underwhelming appeal of the national Congress leadership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity in the seat are factors affecting the Congress’ chances.