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Chandresh Kumari – Congress candidate for Jodhpur Lok Sabha Seat

Apr 28

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Congress Candidate for Jodhpur Lok Sabha seat - Chandresh Kumari

Congress Candidate for Jodhpur Lok Sabha seat - Chandresh Kumari

Congressian Chandresh Kumari will contest from Jodhpur Parliamentary Constituency. She has returned to her native place to face the heat and dust of electioneering leaving behind the cool environs of the land of apples, Himachal Pradesh.

Chandresh Kumari -  Sister of Gajsingh – A  former ruler of Jodhpur

Sister of former ruler of Jodhpur, Gajsingh and former national president of Mahila Congress, Chandresh Kumari locks horns with BJP’s sitting MP Jaswant Singh Bishnoi.

Political Career

Being a senior party person, three time MLA from Himachal Pradesh, three term minister and having experience of serving one term each in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Chandresh Kumari seemed the right face to the party to avert BJP’s bid for a hat-trick.

Why She is Nominated From Jodhpur ?

With the inclusion of a sizeable Rajput population in Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency after delimitation, the Congress decided to field Chandresh Kumari to mobilise Rajput votes in its favour. Ms Kumari is banking on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who is personally campaigning in the constituency to ensure her victory.

Having left Jodhpur nearly 40 years ago after getting married to Aditya Deb Katoch of Himachal Pradesh at the age of 24, Chandresh Kumari is now trying her best to woo voters in their local dialect.

The BJP candidate, on the other hand, is non-controversial and has no opponents inside the party.  He can count completely on the votes of the Bishnoi community, which numbers about 1.5 lakh, along with a good part of the Rajput vote, even if it gets split to an extent because of Chandresh Kumari.

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Mahesh Joshi – Congress candidate from Jaipur Parliamentary Constituency

Apr 24

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Mahesh Joshi - Congress Candidate from Jaipur

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.

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Congress Announced List of 18 Candidates for Lok Sabha Elections from Rajasthan

Mar 23

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First list of 15 candidates from Bharatiya Janata Party was announced almost a fortnight ago. The Congress today announced a list of 18 Lok Sabha candidates for Rajasthan.  There are eight new faces in the list and two re-nominations for sitting MPs.

The Congress has so far done a good job in choosing a mix of experienced heavyweights and first timers in the Lok Sabha election. While Joshi who lost assembly election by one vote recently has been named from Bhilwara, GirijaVyas will be contesting from Chittorgarh and Union Minister Sis Ram Ola from JhunJhunu. Young MP Sachin Pilot has been moved to Ajmer this time.

Ex-Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin, a new face on election forefront, wish to contest from Tonk seat, which is yet to be decided. Party leader Mahesh Joshi has been fielded from Jaipur, Chandresh Kumar from Jodhpur, a constituency once represented by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.


High Representation of Women in Congress list from Rajasthan

The Congress party has given high representation to women in its first list of 18 candidates  for the Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan by nominating as many as five of them. The chosen ones include seasoned women leaders such as Chandresh Kumari and Girija Vyas, both former national presidents of the Mahila Congress, and Jyoti Mirdha, the granddaughter of the veteran farmers’ leader, the late Nathuram Mirdha.

There are seven out of the total 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where candidates have yet to be announced by the Congress. The party has not nominated Union Minister of State for Forest and Environment, Namonarain Meena and sitting MP from Alwar, Karan Singh Yadav.

Mr. Meena wants a ticket from Dausa but Kirorilal Meena, former BJP leader who is now supporting the Congress Government in Rajasthan, has staked a claim for the seat. Namonarain Meena’s present constituency—Sawai Madhopur– has become a general seat after delimitation.

Below is a Consolidated list of Congress Candidates for Lok Sabha Elections from Rajasthan

Ganganagar (SC) Bharatram Meghwal, Bikaner (SC) Rewatram Panwar, Jhunjhunu Sis Ram Ola, Jaipur Mahesh Joshi, Alwar Jitendra Singh, Bharatpur Ratan Singh, Ajmer Sachin Pilot, Nagaur Smt Jyoti Mirdha, Pali Badri Ram Jakhar, Jodhpur Smt. Chandresh Kumari, Barmer Harsih Choudhary, Jalore Smt Sandhya Choundhary, Udiapur-ST Raghuvir Singh Meena, Banswara-ST Tarachand Bhagora, Chittorgarh Ms Girija Vyas, Rajsamand Gopal Singh Idwa, Bhilwara Dr. C.P. Singh Jhalawar-Baran Smt Urmila Jain.

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