Several prominent leaders, including former Congress MLAs Chandra Shekhar Vaid and Nandlal Poonia, as well as former Jaipur mayor Jyoti Khandelwal, have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after leaving the Congress. Other leaders who made the switch to the BJP include Hari Singh Charan, who previously contested the Assembly election as an independent candidate, Congress leader Sanwarmal Meharia, and former IPS officers Kesar Singh Shekhawat and Bhim Singh.
