Slamming the party's decision against fielding him from Barmer, Singh said that its move to give the ticket to Sonaram had added to his dismay.
“The seat was not decided on 19th (March). I asked Rajnath ji what is the matter and he said he would let me know by (the next day).
“On 20th of March, on telephone when I asked him again, he said ‘no, you are not the candidate from Barmer'. It was very wounding.
“And it became doubly so when the party announced that the candidate would be a Congress outcast (Col Sonaram). I simply could not understand how that was done,” he said.
Retired Colonel Sonaram Choudhary, fighting on a Congress ticket, had lost to Singh's son Manvendra in 2004 elections by more than two lakh votes. Ruling NDA was defeated by Congress in the 2004 elections.
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