Congress may deny tickets to 40 Rajasthan MLAs

The Congress in Rajasthan may be planning to cut down the tickets of several sitting MLAs. The party believes that bringing back the legislators who are facing anti-incumbency in their respective constituencies can become a cause of defeat and prevent the party from repeating the government

- BADAR BASHIR

Sources suggest that the high command has approved changing the faces on more than 30 seats (including former candidates) till now where the survey reports indicate outright defeat of the party. Such seats also include two cabinet ministers, two ministers of state, and around 20 sitting MLAs. Moreover, there is a popular perception within the close circles of Gehlot that he would want to cut down the non-performing chunk of legislators, which would propel his position on electoral ground. The idea is to find better alternatives to compete with the BJP and repeat the government.