BJP, RLP announce tie-up for upcoming Rajasthan bypolls

NEW DELHI: The BJP and the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) on Thursday announced their tie-up in Rajasthan for the upcoming assembly bypolls.nnThe RLP will contest from Khivsar and the Bharatiya Janata Party will contest from Mandawa, RLP convener and MP Hanuman Beniwal said.nnBoth the parties held a joint press conference on Thursday to announce their alliance in the bypolls.nnBeniwal said both the parties will win the seats with historic margins and the Congress will be wiped out in the bypolls.nn”Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is busy in getting his son elected as Rajasthan Cricket Academy president and it seems that bureaucracy is running the state. Law and order situation is deteriorating,” he claimed.nnKhivsar and Mandawa seats were vacated after Beniwal and Narendra Kumar were elected MPs from Nagaur and Jhujhunu seats, respectively.nnSource: Press Trust of India