Mahesh Joshi – Congress candidate from Jaipur Parliamentary Constituency

Mahesh Joshi - Congress Candidate from Jaipur

Mahesh Joshi will contest the  2009 Lok Sabha Elections as the  Congress candidate from the Jaipur Parliamentary Constituency in Rajasthan.

A Local candidate of Jaipur, Mahesh Joshi is born and brought up in Jaipur. He has risen from grassroots and has been an active member in various social work initiatives in Jaipur. He was also a Member of Legislative Assembly from Kishanpole, Jaipur constituency.

Educational Qualifications

Dr. Joshi is an educated candidate in fray for Jaipur Lok Sabha Constituency. He did his schooling from Jaipur City; Bachelor of Arts, MA in Sociology, PG Diploma in Journalism and Ph. D. from Rajasthan University.

Political Portfolio of Mahesh Joshi

He has been a elected as a President of Rajasthan University Students’ Union in 1979. He has also served important portfolios like Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Sevadal in 1988, Deputy Chief Whip – Rajasthan Assembly in 1999 and Member of Public Accounts Committee & House Committee in 2000.

About Jaipur Parliamentary Constituency

Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan is an urban constituency where caste equations don’t count for all that much. It is more about ideas, visions and most of all, ability to capture the imagination of the middle class voters that determines the final result.

The BJP has been winning the Lok Sabha seat since 1991. In the previous assembly elections, the BJP won five of the eight segments, while the Congress won three. The BJP vote was about 55,000 more than the Congress vote.

Giridhari Lal Bhargava had made it his home turf. This year the scene will be different due to sad demise of Mr Bhargava just a monthback.

The BJP has fielded Ghanshyam Tiwari while the Congress has fielded Mahesh Joshi. Both are Brahmins, but it is not very likely that caste considerations will count for much in an urban setting.