Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Vikas Choudhary turns emotional after being denied ticket from BJP

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its first list of 41 candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, at least five disappointed ticket aspirants or their supporters on Tuesday protested against the party and burned its flags.

BJP candidate from Kishangarh constituency in 2018, Vikas Choudhary has raised his voice against Ajmer MP Bhagirath Choudhary who has been fielded by the party from the seat. Sharing his reaction to the list of 41 candidates, Vikas Choudhary wrote on X, I have worked honestly. He addressed his supporters on Tuesday in Kishangarh and said he will go by what people decide.

Vikas Chaudhary experienced an emotional moment when he was denied a ticket, and tears welled up in front of his supporters. The BJP has selected MP Bhagirath Chaudhary as its candidate instead. A significant number of supporters gathered outside Vikas's residence, and there is mounting pressure on him to run as an independent candidate.

Out of the 41 candidates, only three are women while 12 are those who were also fielded by the party in the 2018 assembly polls. The 41 constituencies for which the BJP issued the list included six SC and 10 ST seats. Polling for all 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan will take place on November 23 and votes will be counted on December 3.

Rajasthan has a total of 5,26,80,545 voters that include 5,25,38,655 general voters, 1,41,890 service voters, 22,04,514 first time voters, 5,60,990 PwD voters and 11,78,285 voters who are aged 80-plus. There shall be maximum 1500 electors in a polling station.   In Rajasthan, the number of polling booths has decreased to 51,756 compared to 51,796 in 2018. The opinion polls in the state have predicted a neck-and-neck fight between the BJP and the Congress. However, the ruling party is expected to have a certain edge over the BJP.