JP Nadda arrives in Rajasthan’s Kota to hold meeting with BJP leaders

Kota (Rajasthan) [India], October 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Wednesday arrived in Rajasthan’s Kota to hold a meeting with party leaders in the poll-bound state.

Nadda arrived at Kota Airport by special plane where he was received by BJP leaders and MLAs.

Nadda will be visiting the Ajmer and Kota divisions of Rajasthan, where he will hold discussions with party leaders and workers.

Earlier on Monday, Nadda visited Rajasthan’s Udaipur where he conducted meetings in two sessions for the Udaipur region in view of the upcoming polls.

The meetings included party workers and office bearers from Udaipur city, Chittorgarh, and Pratapgarh.

Meanwhile, the BJP’s core groups from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh convened separate meetings on Tuesday.

Both the meetings took place at the residence of BJP’s president, JP Nadda, in Delhi, and focused on the BJP’s ticket-sharing strategy.

According to sources, the party deliberated over the allocation of 159 out of 200 seats in the Rajasthan assembly, building upon the previous list of 41 candidates. The BJP is expected to announce the names of 80 to 90 candidates in its next list.

In a bid to secure the Rajput community’s votes, constituting 15 per cent of the state’s total voters, the party has introduced two new ‘Rajput’ leaders, Maharaja Vishwaraj Singh Mewar and Bhawani Singh Kalve.

Earlier, Vishvaraj Singh Mewar, a descendant of Mewar king Maharana Pratap and Bhawani Singh Kalwi, son of Karni Sena founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi, joined the BJP in the presence of key BJP leaders such as Rajasthan state president CP Joshi, Union Minister and Bikaner MP Arjun Meghwal.

Kalvi has also been a well-known polo player, while Mewar’s father Mahendra Singh Mewar was elected to Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket from Chittorgarh in 1989.

Earlier on October 9, BJP released its first list of candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly elections in which the party has fielded seven Members of Parliament.

Rajasthan goes to the polls on November 25. The counting of votes will take place on 3 December.

The Rajasthan Assembly consists of 200 constituencies that will be contested.