Jaipur: An interesting electoral combat is on the cards in Rajasthan's Jaipur Rural constituency where two Olympians -- BJP's Col Rajyavardhan Rathore and Congress's Krishna Poonia -- will face each other in the Lok Sabha polls. Olympian-turned-politician Rathore, who is the Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, had won the seat in the 2014 elections and the party has reposed faith in him again while the Congress fielded sitting MLA Poonia to contest against the former Army officer.

For Poonia, this election is a "fight of two ideologies". She said she will be fighting the elections on the basis of issues related to the common man. "It is okay that we are athletes but this is fight of two ideologies. The 2014 Lok Sabha election was fought in the name of (Narendra) Modi only. False promises were made and the time was just passed in 'Jumlebazi'. I come from a simple farmers' family and the issues which are related with the common man will be my issues in the elections," Poonia told PTI. "This election is for the protection of democracy. Every section, be it youths, women or farmers, wants development and issue-based politics and not just 'jumla' (rhetoric). Farmers want right price for their crops and youths want employment. I will be contesting the polls on all such issues which impact a common man," she said.