'Forced, unnecessary': Rajasthan CM on RS polls

June 10, 2022 10:55

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot casts his vote

Bahujan Samaj Party-turned-Congress MLAs, who had expressed resentment with the ruling Congress government in Rajasthan, were among those who cast their votes as soon as the voting began for the Rajya Sabha elections for the four seats in the state on Friday morning.

The voting started at 9 am in the assembly building and will continue till 4 pm and counting will start at 5 pm, an official spokesperson said.

The MLAs came to the assembly building with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and cast their votes.

Gehlot reached the assembly shortly before 9 am and the first bus with the Congress MLAs also reached the assembly with Randeep Surjewala, one of the three candidates of the Congress.

BJP MLAs reached the assembly in two buses while two more buses with Congress and other supporting MLAs will reach after some time.

Congress and supporting MLAs were staying in a hotel on Delhi road while BJP MLAs were staying at another hotel on Agra road.

BSP-turned Congress MLAs including Rajendra Gudha, Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali also reached the assembly with the CM and exercised their franchise.

"I was second to cast vote after the chief minister," Gudha told reporters.

The Congress has fielded Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari while the BJP has fielded Ghanshyam Tiwari while the BJP has supported independent candidate Subhash Chandra.

Chandra has made the elections challenging for the ruling Congress.

Speaking with reporters, Gehlot exuded confidence that all the three candidates of the Congerss will comfortably win.

He said the BJP played a "game" of fielding Chandra as an independent candidate without majority.

"Even BJP MLAs did not like him (Chandra), he said.

"These elections are forced and unnecessary," said Gehlot told ANI before casting his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections.

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