New Delhi, April 24 -- Kota, one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan will go to polls on Friday in the second phase of General elections.

Bharatiya Janata Party for the third time in a row has fielded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from Kota, who had previously registered victories in 2019 and 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He is up against Congress' Prahlad Gunjal, a former BJP leader.

Gunjal is a former MLA from Kota-North and represented the Assembly from 2013 to 2018. He quit the BJP after losing to Congress' Shanti Dhariwal in the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections. He was runner-up in the Kota North Assembly. He is the former MLA from Kota-North (2013-2018),

Kota constituency comprises eight assemblies -- Keshoraipatan, Bundi, Pipa...