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Central ministers to contest in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh polls, opposition to hold 'Main bhi Gandhi' rally

After Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is planning to give tickets to Union Ministers and senior Members of Parliament (MP) in the upcoming Rajasthan and Chattisgarh elections. According to sources, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Arjun Ram Meghwal are likely to contest in Rajasthan Assembly polls. In other news, Opposition bloc INDIA will be holding the 'Main bhi Gandhi' march and rally in Mumbai against the BJP’s “divide and rule policy” and “divisive politics”. The march will start at 2 pm from Metro Cinema and head to Hutatma Chowk towards Fashion Street, to MG Road, towards Balasaheb Thackeray Statue, to Regal Cinema, to the Ambedkar and Rajiv Gandhi Statues and culminate at the Mahatma Gandhi statue. In addition, TMC will also be holding a two-day protest in New Delhi against the Central government on October2-3 for "withholding" the funds for MGNREGA and other Central government-sponsored schemes.

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