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In the first list, the BJP announced candidates for 16 of total 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
The party has dropped the only woman MP from the state, Santosh Ahlawat, from Jhunjhunu seat and replaced her with Narendra Khinchad.
Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Jaipur rural), P P Chaudhary (Pali) and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Jodhpur) have made it to this list.
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Dushyant Singh is the son of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje.
In Ajmer, the party gave ticket to Bhagirath Bhagirath Chaudhary.
Ajmer Lok Sabha seat lies vacant after Congress’s Raghu Sharma, who had won the Ajmer seat in the Lok Sabha bypoll held last year, was elected to the state legislative assembly in December.
LokSabha electionswill be held in two phases in the state where 13 constituencies will go to polls on April 29 and remaining 12 on May 6.
As per the schedule, Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran will go to polls on April 29.
Electionsin Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa and Nagaur will take place on May 6.