On Sunday, a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of candidates in Rajasthan, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, Rajendra Rathore, claimed that many leaders of the Congress will soon leave the party. The BJP leader compared the party to a sinking boat and said that as the date of elections in Rajasthan is near, many leaders will get out of the boat. Rathore said, “BJP is a cadre-based party. In this party, the worker connects themselves to a mission. You must have seen today that the BJP’s 124 candidates are participating in this democratic fight. Till now Congress has not even nominated three dozen candidates.”
“I can assure you that Congress will be in chaos even before the three days of the elections because when there is a hole in the boat then intelligent people get out of the boat. You have seen many tall leaders of Congress getting down this boat. As the elections will come closer many Congress workers will get out of their sinking boat,” the BJP leader added.
BJP on Saturday released its second list of candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly elections with Rajendra Rathore contesting elections from the Taranagar constituency.
The BJP is seeking to oust Congress from power in Rajasthan. Congress won 99 seats in the 2018 elections in the 200-member state assembly. BJP won 73 seats. The counting of votes will take place on December 3 along with four other states which will go to the polls next month.