Congress pits Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh against Vasundhara Raje
Congress pits Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh against Vasundhara Raje
NEW DELHI: The Congress released its second list of 32 candidates for the December 7 assembly election in Rajasthan on Saturday, fielding former BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra against Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje from Jhalrapatan constituency.nnThe second list was released by the Congress general secretary and in-charge of Rajasthan Mukul Wasnik.nnThe opposition party had declared 152 candidates in the first list on Thursday night.nnManvendra Singh, a former BJP MLA from Sheo, in September quit the saffron party to join the Congress ahead of the assembly election.nnSenior Congress leaders, including Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot and CP Joshi, are contesting the state election.nnSource:Press Trust of India