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Rajasthan Panchayat Elections: BSP to fight alone, Ramji Gautam targets Gehlot
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News18•07-10-2026, 21:27
Rajasthan Panchayat Elections: BSP to fight alone, Ramji Gautam targets Gehlot
- •The Bahujan Samaj Party has announced that it will contest the upcoming panchayat elections in Rajasthan entirely on its own without any alliances.
- •BSP Rajya Sabha MP Engineer Ramji Gautam and State President Sumarat Singh revealed the party strategy during a press conference in Jaipur.
- •Ramji Gautam launched a sharp attack on former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, accusing him of stabbing the BSP in the back twice by inducting BSP MLAs into Congress.
- •The party targeted both Congress and BJP, presenting the BSP as a viable third alternative for the public in the panchayat elections.
- •According to the State Election Commission, the panchayat elections will be held in four phases with voting for the first phase scheduled on October 23.
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The Bahujan Samaj Party has announced that it will not form any alliances for the panchayat elections in Rajasthan, choosing instead to contest alone by fielding candidates on all seats across the state as a third alternative.
Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam accused former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot of stabbing the BSP in the back twice by getting BSP MLAs to join the Congress party during past political events.
According to the State Election Commission, the panchayat committee and district council member elections in Rajasthan are scheduled to take place in four phases, with the first phase of voting beginning on October 23.
