The BJP on Thursday announced two key election committees for the Congress-run Rajasthan, with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje not being made a member of any one of them. The party is expected to announce a third committee—an election campaign committee—for the state in the coming weeks, before the year-end Assembly polls.

When asked about Raje’s non-inclusion in the poll panels, BJP state in-charge Arun Singh said she will campaign in the election. “She is the national vice-president of the party. She has a big role to play. She has been the CM of the state twice. She will campaign in the election. We all respect her,” he told reporters.