RAJ (AMENDMENT) Bill, 2019 and the Rajasthan Municipality (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The previous Vasundhara Raje-led government had INTRODUCED education criterion in 2015 which required a candidate to pass Class X for contesting zila parishad, panchayat samiti and municipal elections. Defending the bill, Panchayati Raj Minister Sachin Pilot stated that the previous Act was against the basics of the Constitution. Society cannot be DIVIDED on the basis of education. He further stated that education criterion should first be introduced for contesting Assembly and parliamentary elections.