Udaipur: Bharatiya Tribal Party (BAP) has declared Jitesh Katara as its candidate for the Salumber seat in the assembly by-elections to be held in Rajasthan. Katara was also the BAP candidate from the same seat in the 2023 assembly elections and stood third. Congress and BJP have not yet announced their candidates.
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By-elections are to be held on 7 seats in Rajasthan. The by-election on Salumber seat is being held due to the death of BJP MLA Amritlal Meena. BAP has tried to put pressure on other parties by declaring its candidate first.
Katara comes from tribal community
Jitesh Katara stood third in the 2023 assembly elections by getting more than 51 thousand votes. Amritlal Meena of BJP stood first and Raghuveer Singh Meena of Congress stood second. Katara comes from the tribal community and has been active in social work since 2015. He has been in active politics since 2016.
Local youth do not get employment, there are lack of roads, education, health and transportation problems in rural areas. Are struggling on these issues. Resolving these will be an election issue.
Jitesh Katara, Bharatiya Tribal Party candidate
The contest is likely to be triangular
BJP is dominating the Salumber seat. BJP has been winning here continuously. But this time with BAP candidate in the fray, the contest is likely to be triangular. Last time the BAP candidate had got 51691 votes and the victory margin was only 15 thousand votes. This time BAP hopes that it will perform better.
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Congress and BJP have not yet announced their candidates. It is believed that both the parties are very cautious about candidate selection. All the parties are considering the by-election on Salumber seat as a battle for their credibility.
Will Katara be able to strengthen its hold among the tribal community?
BAP believes that the tribal vote bank will play a decisive role in the by-elections this time. The party is hopeful that Jitesh Katara will be able to strengthen his hold among the tribal community. It remains to be seen what kind of strategy Congress and BJP make to face the challenge of BAP.