New Delhi, January 8: The Indian National Congress (INC) has released the names for the upcoming by-elections to the Parliamentary constituency and Legislative Assembly Constituency of Rajasthan and West Bengal. As per reports, Congress has said that former MLA Raghu Sharma will be its nominee for the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat, Vivek Dhakad will be its candidate for the by-poll to the Mandalgarh Assembly constituency. The party had already named Karan Singh Yadav, a former MP, as its candidate for the by-election to the Alwar Lok Sabha seat.

The bypolls comes following the death of Ajmer MP Sanwar Lal Jat, Alwar MP Chand Nath and Mandalgarh MLA Kirti Kumari.  The bypolls to all the three seats will be held on January 29 while the counting will be held on February 1, 2018.  As per reports, Sanwar Lal Jat had defeated Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sachin Pilot by 1,71,983 votes in the 2014 general elections. In July last year, Jat had suffered a cardiac arrest during a BJP meeting in Jaipur chaired by party chief Amit Shah. He died on 9 August.

Bharatiya Janata Party's Mahant Chand Nath, who had defeated Congress candidate and former Union minister Bhanwar Jitendra Singh by 2,83,895 votes died in September after a prolonged illness.

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