Jaipur, Oct. 27 -- The ruling BJP received a boost today as party rebel and former MLA Rampal Meghwal withdrew his candidature for the November 11 Assembly by-poll on the Anta seat in Jhalawar district.
The deadline for withdrawals ended at 3:00 pm today. Meghwal, a former MLA from the neighbouring Atru constituency, withdrew in favour of the BJP's official nominee, Morpal Suman.
Besides Meghwal, four more Independent candidates also withdrew from the fray, leaving 15 candidates still in the contest.
With these withdrawals, the stage is set for a keen triangular battle-of-ballots involving Morpal Suman (BJP), Pramod Jain Bhaya (Congress), and Independent candidate Naresh Meena.
The by-election was necessitated due to the disqualificatio...