Deviating from its stand against dynastic politics, the ruling BJP has awarded tickets to close family members of several party leaders to contest the 7 December Assembly election in Rajasthan.
Party leaders said the deviation was necessitated to avoid revolt within the party, reported PTI.
In the BJP's first list of 131 candidates released on Sunday, 11 November, the party has given ticket to its 85 sitting MLAs and has taken care of the family members of prominent leaders who were denied ticket. Union Minister JP Nadda said that in the list of 131 candidates, there are 12 female candidates, 32 young candidates, 17 from the SC category, 19 from the ST category, and 25 new faces.
However, as various reports have pointed out, there are no Muslim candidates in the first list. Notably, in the last assembly election of 2013, four Muslim candidates had represented the BJP in Rajasthan, with two of them emerging victorious.
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