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#RajasthanAssemblyPolls23 : Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Files Nomination ; Says People In Mood To Repeat The Government
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot filed his nomination papers from Sardarpura seat of Jodhpur district . Sardarpura is seen as a Congress stronghold with Gehlot winning from the seat in all elections since 1998. He received 63 per cent votes in the 2018 assembly elections.
As per PTI report, The chief minister’s wife Sunita Gehlot and son Vaibhav Gehlot accompanied him when he filed his nomination papers. Before filing his nomination, the CM took his sister’s blessings. A public meeting is also scheduled on Monday at Umaid Singh Stadium in which party president Mallikarjun Kharge is expected to participate.
#WATCH | Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot files nomination from the Sardarpura Assembly constituency for the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan. pic.twitter.com/sgpDCF0YJA
— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2023
Speaking to media after filing nomination, Gehlot said, “Earlier Rajasthan was known as a backwards state but now it has changed. Today, Rajasthan has AIIMS, IITs, IIMs and other universities. When I became the CM for the first time, there were only 6 universities and now there are over 100 colleges…People of the state are in the mood to repeat the government in Rajasthan…”
