Voting will commence at 28,758 polling booths from 7 am to 6 pm in 13 LS seats of Ajmer, Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Banswara, Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran.
These candidates are Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, two Union ministers, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Kailash Choudhary, four sitting MPs, PP Choudhary, Bhagirath Choudhary, Dushyant Singh, and SS Jaunapuria, and State BJP President C P Joshi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address one public meeting each in Rajasthan's Jalore and Banswara districts, respectively, on Sunday.
This time due to low voting, some hope has arisen in Congress. What is the conclusion of this voting percentage? The answer to this question will be available only after the voting for the remaining 13 seats in the second phase on April 26.
It was an incident-free and fair poll across 12 districts in Rajasthan", Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Vishal Bansal told The Statesman.
In a letter dated February 14, the office of the Special DGP (Internal Security) in Punjab communicated with the ADGP of the Special Task Force (STF) within the Rajasthan Police, highlighting a planned assassination targeting the Karni Sena leader
In the recent state assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a resounding victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, underlining the dominance of its political narrative.
The Rajasthan Police have identified two gunners, one from Makrana in the state, and another from Mahendragarh, Haryana, said to be an army jawan, as accused behind the murder.
Voting was postponed following the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Kunnar last month.
In the assembly polls held in five states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telnagna and Mizoram - the Congress registered victory only in Telangana.
