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For Nimbahera seat in Chittorgarh, former BJP minister Shrichand Kriplani is taking on current minister Udailal Anjana. Both have represented the seat thrice. Anjana was elected MLA from the seat in 1993, 2008, and 2018, and became a minister in the Ashok Gehlot cabinet. Kriplani represented the seat in 1990, 1998 and 2013 and became a minister when Vasundhara Raje was CM.
This seat has the distinction of having been represented by former chief minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who contested from here in 1985 and won.
It is two bureaucrats fighting it out for the Bassi seat in Jaipur. The Congress has given the ticket to former IPS and independent MLA Laxman Meena, while the BJP has fielded former IAS Chandra Mohan Meena.
In the Salumbar seat, former minister Raghuveer Singh Meena is pitted against his traditional rival, BJP’s Amrit Lal Meena. It is a do-or-die battle for Raghuveer Meena who suffered two successive defeats in the past. Amrit Lal defeated Raghuveer in 2018 while Raghuveer’s wife Basanti contested as Congress candidate in 2013 and was soundly defeated by the BJP candidate.
While Amrit Lal Meena has represented the seat twice, Raghuveer also won the seat in 2008 when his traditional seat Sarada merged with Salumbar. Now, Congress has carved out Salumbar as a new district and Raghuveer Meena hopes to cash in on this “achievement”.
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