The saffron party tonight announced its nominees on 21 of the total 25 Lok Sabha seats from the state picking up three of its sitting MPs and as many sitting MLAs.

However, the party has dropped sitting MP from Churu Ramsingh Kaswan to field his son Rahul on the seat.

Ms Raje's son Dushyant would seek another term to the Lower House from his Jhalawar-Baran constituency while sitting MP Arjun Meghwal and Devji Patel are being re-fielded to defend their bastions in Bikaner(SC) and Jalore-Sirohi respectively.

Olympian shooter Rajyavardhan Singh is given ticket to make his maiden bid for Lok Sabha from Jaipur Rural against the Congress heavyweight Dr CP Joshi who is being shifted from Bhilwara to this constituency part of the Jaipur district.

However, BJP stalwart senior MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari who was tipped as strong contender for Jaipur parliamentary seat is not given ticket instead the party general secretary and close confidant of Ms Raje is given chance to contest from the state capital.

Following are the candidates announced by the party 1. Ganganagar(SC)--Nihalchand Meghwal(former MP), 2. Bikaner(SC)-----Arjun Meghwal(Sitting MP). 3. Churu-----------Rahul Kaswan 4. Jhunjhunu-------Ms Santosh Ahlawat(Sitting MLA) 5. Sikar-----------Swami Sumedanand(Social activist) 6. Jaipur Rural----Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 7. Jaipur----------Ramcharan Bohra 8. Alwar-----------Mahent Chandnath(Ex-MLA) 9. Bharatpur(SC)---Bahadur Koli(Sitting MLA) 10.Dausa(ST)-------Harish Meena(Ex-DGP) 11.Tonk-Sawai Madhopur--Sukhbir Jaunapuria(Ex-MLA) 12.Nagaur----------Chhotu Ram Chaudhary(Ex RPSC Member) 13.Jodhpur---------Gajendra Singh Shekhawat 14.Jalore-Sirohi---Devji Patel(Sitting MP) 15.Udaipur(ST)-----Arjun Meena 16.Banswara(ST)----Manshankar Ninama 17.Chittorgarh-----Chandra Prakash Joshi 18.Rajsamand-------Hari Om Singh Rathore 19.Bhilwara--------Subhash Bahdiya 20.Kota------------Om Birla(Sitting MLA) 21.Jhalawar-Baran--Dushyant Singh(Sitting MP) UNI SS SY AS2315 NNNN

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