News today about the Rajasthan assembly election 2023 is that Congress released the sixth list of the candidates. Congress released its sixth list of 23 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan late at night on Saturday.

Voting in the state will take place on November 25 and counting of votes is scheduled for December 3. In its new list, the ruling party has announced candidates for key seats including Alwar City, Bhilwara, Hawa Mahal, Pilani-SC, Bharatpur, Malpura, Phalodi and Lohawat.

Congress has now announced candidates for 179 seats with the addition of 23 seats. Of these seats, the party has left the Bharatpur seat for Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). Congress has cancelled the ticket of minister Mahesh Joshi from Hawamahal and has fielded RR Tiwari in his place.

As of news today Congress has yet to declare candidates for only 21 seats. Jhotwara seat of Jaipur is currently put on hold.

It is noteworthy that on October 31, Congress released the fourth list of 56 candidates. In the fifth list released shortly thereafter, the party had named five more candidates. On October 26, the party announced the names of 19 candidates in its third list. Congress had earlier released two lists for Rajasthan on October 21 and 22 with 33 and 43 candidates respectively. Congress is eyeing the second consecutive term in Rajasthan and for this, the party has launched many schemes related to public welfare in the state and has also announced seven guarantees.