Danta Ramgarh Assembly constituency could witness an interesting political battle in the upcoming polls, with the Haryana-based JJP declaring Rita Chaudhary as its candidate while her husband and sitting MLA Virendra Singh is likely to be renominated by Congress.
While the family of Virendra Singh, the son of former PCC chief and seven-time MLA Narayan Singh, has traditionally been with the Congress, his wife joined the JJP in August and was made the state president of the party’s women’s wing.
Chaudhary had sought a Congress ticket to contest from the Danta Ramgarh constituency ahead of the 2018 Assembly elections, but the party picked her husband. Meanwhile, the former Sikar Zila Pramukh worked hard to strengthen her political base in the constituency and surprised several people by joining the JJP, which on Monday released a list of six candidates, including Chaudhary. She said, “People are happy because they want to see changes. Now the party has chosen me as the candidate for the Danta Ramgarh seat and I am confident of my victory.”
When asked about the likely political contest with her husband, Chaudhary said, “Congress is yet to declare its candidate, so I cannot comment on this, but people want change.” Her husband, Virendra Singh, however, said the election would be a “direct fight” between them.
A similar scenario can be seen in Alwar’s Ramgarh constituency, where sitting MLA Shafia Zubair was denied a ticket by the ruling Congress as the party chose her husband and former legislator Zubair Khan to be the party candidate. Despite getting her renomination hopes dashed, the sitting MLA from Ramgarh in Alwar, Shafia Zubair, said the Congress choosing her husband was a “good” decision.
She met with supporters and said, “Society is still male-dominated. Women are not fully accepted. Now, I will work wherever the party asks me to. Talking about promoting women in politics is easy, but implementing it is difficult.”
