IMA asks all parties to field 10 docs in polls

Jaipur: The state wing of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to chairpersons of election committees of all political parties for fielding at least 10 doctors as party candidates in the state assembly elections, said Dr Sunil Chugh, president (state), IMA, on Wednesday.

“IMA is the biggest medical association in the state. We have demanded a fair share to doctors in ticket distribution,” Dr Chugh said.

In the 2018 assembly elections, several doctors had contested, including Dr Suresh Choudhary as a Congress candidate; Dr Vishwanath as BJP candidate in Khajuwala; Dr Rampratap as BJP’s candidate in Hanumangarh; Jitendra Singh as Congress candidate from Khetri; former SMS hospital superintendent Dr Karan Singh Yadav as Congress candidate from Kishangarh Bas; and Dr R C Yadav as Congress candidate in Behror.