BJP announces 2 Rajasthan poll panels, Vasundhara Raje missing from both

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Jaipur, Aug 17 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday announced two key election committees for the Congress-run Rajasthan, with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje not being made a member of any one of them. The 21-member election management committee is headed by former MP Narayan Panchariya. Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will lead the election manifesto panel, called the Pradesh Sankalp Patra (manifesto) committee.

The party is expected to announce a third committee – an election campaign committee – for the state in the coming weeks, before the year-end assembly polls.

When asked about Raje’s non-inclusion in the poll panels, BJP state in-charge Arun Singh said she will campaign in the election.