Rajasthan:Vasundhara, loyalists accommodated in BJP's 2nd ist

The BJP also released ite second lidt of candidates for Rajasthan assembly polls.Vasundhara Raje, former Rajasthan chief minister, was among the 83 candidates announced by BJP to contest in the upcoming state assembly elections. Ms Raje will contest from her traditional Jhalrapatan seat.The move that is seen as an attempt to balance political equations, several of Ms Raje's supporters also feature in BJP's new list.In its second list, BJP also fielded Narpat Singh Rajvi from Chittorgarh from Vidhyadhar Nagar seat after its earlier decision to deny the five-term MLA. Mr Rajvi is the son-in-law of its stalwart leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and his name missing from the first list triggered a backlash from a section of party workers.

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The BJP leadership's U-turn on his candidature is being seen as a damage-control exercise after Mr Rajvi reacted angrily and cited his family legacy to hit out at the party.