Adding to that the office bearer said that a non Jat candidate is being preferred by the Congress as BJP mulls to field Ramswarup Lamba, a Jat, who is the son of late MP Sanwar Lal Jat.
After declaring Karan Singh Yadav as a candidate for Alwar parliamentary bypoll, the Congress still appears to be in a fix over announcing a candidate for Ajmer constituency. Names of senior leaders like Raghu Sharma and Nathuram Sinodia are making rounds to get the ticket, though extensive tours of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sachin Pilot to the area once again fuelled speculation of his candidature which was subdued recently.
The sources said that party has declared candidate for Alwar and now it intends to buy more time to field a candidate, possibly waiting for BJP to announce its candidate. “Congress will open its cards in Ajmer when BJP comes up with its candidature. Hopefully, after Election commission of India (ECI) issues notification over the dates of the poll, the name of the candidate will be made public,” says a senior party functionary while talking to DNA.
Adding to that the office bearer said that a non Jat candidate is being preferred by the Congress as BJP mulls to field Ramswarup Lamba, a Jat, who is the son of late MP Sanwar Lal Jat. This may be strategy to consolidate votes of Non-Jats. “As a non Jat candidate, Raghu Sharma is among the top contenders. In Jats, the party mulls Nathuram Sinodia. The final call will be taken when the saffron party declares its candidature,” added another party functionary.
Sachin Pilot was the first choice of the party in Ajmer which is his home constituency. He even had wished to contest election openly provided the high command nods. Though, his candidature was put on hold as a fraction may play a role of sabotage at the time of polling. His recent extensive tours of the area have speculations, once again. “The Congress is caught in a dilemma with regard to Pilot. There is a feeling that the PCC chief should be spared for larger party work,” he added.
High command
- Meanwhile, party state in charge and AICC general secretary Avinash Pandey met AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Monday to discuss the strategy of the bypolls.
- However, the high command will take the final decision.
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