New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) is scheduled to convene on October 17 to deliberate on the selection of candidates for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections, slated to take place on November 25.

The Rajasthan Assembly consists of 200 constituencies that will be contested. Since its formation, the state has been dominated by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress secured a victory in the last elections in 2018 with 101 seats.

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The party is yet to release its list of candidates while the opposition in the state- Bharatiya Janata Party has released its first list fielding as many as 7 MPs in the assembly polls.

The seven MPs include Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who will contest from Jhotwara, Diya Kumari from Vidhyadhar Nagar, Baba Balaknath from Tijara, Hansraj Meena from Sapotra and Kirodi Lal Meena to contest from Sawai Madhopur.

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The Congress will begin its election campaign for the upcoming assembly election in Rajasthan from October 16 with "Kaam kiya dil se, Congress fir se" as its slogan, state party president Govind Singh Dotasra said on Sunday.

Dotasra, while addressing the media after the meeting of the State Congress War Room, said that the party will keep the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) on its priority list and start campaigning from Baran district and cover 12 districts of eastern Rajasthan where the canal is proposed for meeting out drinking and irrigation water for the people.

"Congress will start its campaign 'Kaam Kiya Dil se, Congress Sarkar Phir se' from October 16. We will begin it from the centre's broken promise on ERCP (Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project)... We will start in 12 districts from October 16... We will do meetings in every district where at least one lakh people will come..." Dotasra said.

Jhalawar, Baran, Kota, Bundi, Jaipur, Dausa, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Tonk and Dholpur will be part of the Congress' poll campaign in eastern Rajasthan. (ANI)

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