Post nominations, candidates gear up for campaigning

Official candidates of the two arch rival parties of the state geared up for campaigning after the announcement of the nomination list. Candidates from both Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress from Jaipur started approaching the voters through public dialogue.

BJP’s candidate from Civil Lines constituency and minister in CM Raje’s cabinet Arun Chaturvedi visited several houses and shops falling under ward 26. At Panchseel Marg, when Chaturvedi reached Saleem Khan’s shop and asked him to vote for him, Khan replied, “I will vote for you only if you assure me that you’ll fill potholes of the road.” Chaturvedi replied, “I will solve all your issues if you will vote for me.” Few steps ahead, Chaturvedi was stopped by an old man, RM Tripathi, who said, “Where have you been for the last five years and now you are asking for votes? My family will vote for you if you promise to resolve the problem of disputed waterline.” Chaturvedi replied , “The pipeline issue has been resolved few days back but I will still look into it again.”

His counterpart Pratap Singh Khachariyawas took out a bike rally in Civil Lines constituency after which he met people of Kacchi Basti area, Hasanpura, Hatwara among others. Around 1pm, Khachariyawas met residents of the Bani Park constituency to discuss their issues. One of the residents, Pradeep Baheti, said, “The main problem here is traffic jam due to lack of parking space near the session’s court and district collector’s office.” Khachariywas said, “It will be solved by constructing an underground parking lot under the collectorate circle.”

Surendra Pareek, BJP candidate from Hawa Mahal constituency, started his day with campaigning in ward 84 of the walled city where he was greeted by the Bengali community. Congress candidate from Hawa Mahal, Mahesh Joshi will be starting the campaign after filing the nominations on Monday. Health minister Kalicharan Saraf, who is contesting pollsfrom Malviya Nagar, inaugurated his office for election purpose at the Mahesh Nagar area. BJP’s candidate from Kishanpole constituency Mohan Lal Gupta said that he will start campaigning from Wednesday.

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