BJP names 39 candidates in its second checklist for Madhya Pradesh, together with 3 ministers and 7 MPs

By Express News Service

BHOPAL: Springing a strategic shock for the second time in 39 days, the ruling BJP got here out with its 39-strong second checklist of candidates for the approaching meeting polls. The candidates embrace seven sitting Lok Sabha MPs, together with three union ministers and the celebration’s nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

With this, the ruling celebration has to this point named 78 candidates towards the full 230 seats within the state dominated by it for 19 years. Earlier on August 17, the BJP had named 39 candidates in its first checklist for the state, the place polls are seemingly in November. The checklist was launched only a few hours after PM Narendra Modi left Bhopal after addressing the BJP’s Karyakarta Mahakumbh.

Political watchers within the state really feel that by fielding seven Lok Sabha members and Vijayvargiya (4 of them have been MLAs previously), the celebration could also be making an attempt to open up the race for CM submit amongst varied possible candidates on the ballot battleground. Importantly, the celebration hasn’t until now named its longest serving CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, or some other chief as its CM face in MP and is contesting the polls with PM Modi’s face within the middle.  

The ruling celebration additionally appears to be eyeing to strike a stability between its varied senior regional leaders on the election battlefield, to achieve most out of their expertise and affect in particular areas and castes.

The three union ministers embrace Kshatriya caste chief and union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar (fielded from Dimani in Morena district, a part of his Lok Sabha constituency), Prahlad Patel (fielded from his ex-minister and sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel’s Narsinghpur seat) and Faggan Singh Kulaste (who will struggle from his previous Vidhan Sabha seat Niwas in Mandla). Patel’s sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel, reportedly doesn’t wish to contest the polls, only a few months after his son Monu Patel’s demise.

Four different MPs, together with Ganesh Singh (fourth-time MP from Satna), might be contesting from the Satna meeting seat, four-times Jabalpur MP and ex-state celebration chief Rakesh Singh might be contesting from Jabalpur-West seat of his LS constituency, whereas second-time Brahmin girl MP Riti Pathak might be within the fray from Sidhi seat.

BJP nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, the six-time former MLA from completely different seats of the native Indore district and an ex-MP minister has been fielded from Indore-1 seat (presently with Congress’s Sanjay Shukla). He makes his return to contesting Vidhan Sabha polls, ten years after he final received from Mhow-seat of Indore district. The celebration has not solely named him a candidate for Indore-1 seat to wrest the city seat of Indore, but additionally to make use of his ballot administration expertise and political affect on different seats of Indore district in addition to the complete Malwa-Nimar area that homes a most of 66 seats. Vijayvargiya has been mendacity within the chilly, regardless of being nationwide normal secretary, notably within the wake of the 2021 Bengal meeting election debacle.

On the opposite hand, a number of instances Lok Sabha member and union minister Narendra Singh Tomar (final contested and received Vidhan Sabha polls 20 years again from house district Gwalior) has been fielded from Dimani seat of Morena district, to not solely affect seats of his Morena parliamentary constituency but additionally to ship a optimistic message to higher caste Thakurs and Brahmins within the 34-seats sturdy Gwalior-Chambal area.

By fielding highly effective Lodhi OBC caste chief and union minister Prahlad Patel from the native Narsinghpur seat, the celebration is eyeing the OBC Lodhi vote which is critical on 40-50 seats.

Not solely has the celebration fielded MPs, together with union ministers to strengthen the celebration within the battlefield of various areas, however has additionally given them the extra problem of proving their mettle again within the meeting ballot battleground.

Another sitting MP who has been given an meeting ballot ticket is  Jat neighborhood chief and third-time MP from Hoshangabad constituency Uday Pratap Singh, who will contest from Gadarwara seat of his parliamentary constituency. He final received the meeting polls in 2008 as a Congress candidate from Tendukheda seat.

By fielding Satna MP Ganesh Singh from Satna meeting seat of his LS seat Satna and the second time MP (from Sidhi constituency) in Sidhi meeting seat, the celebration is eyeing to consolidate its base among the many OBC Kurmi and Brahmin higher caste voters – the 2 highly effective blocks of inhabitants within the Vindhya area, which was swept by the BJP in 2018.    

Also, the celebration is making an attempt to eye the essential tribal votes in tribes dominated Mahakoshal area by fielding union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste. The celebration had fared badly in 2018 on this area, which additionally homes state Congress chief Kamal Nath’s pocket borough Chhindwara’s meeting segments.    

The celebration has denied a ticket to third-time MLA from Sidhi seat Kedarnath Shukla, seemingly as a result of controversy generated by his alleged supporter Pravesh Shukla’s 2019 video clip of urinating on a tribal man. Shukla’s shut family members say that being denied a BJP ticket, he may contest polls from Sidhi solely, both as an unbiased or on some other celebration’s ticket.  

Two different sitting MLAs not thought-about for tickets, embrace sitting MLA and Prahlad Patel’s brother Jalam Singh Patel, who misplaced his son only a few months again, and the Maihar MLA Narayan Tripathi, who has now shaped his personal celebration for the reason for a separate Vindhya state.

The checklist consists of names of simply three Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalist MLAs, together with former MLAs Raghuraj Singh Kansana (Morena) and Imarti Devi (Dabra-SC) and Hirendra Singh ‘Bunty Bana’ from ex-CM Digvijaya Singh’s pocket-borough Raghogarh, which since two-times is being represented by Singh’s ex-minister son Jaivardhan Singh.

Out of the 39 candidates named within the checklist, six, together with two-times MP Riti Pathak, former minister and ex-MLA Imarti Devi, Jyoti Dehria (Parasia-SC), Ganga Bai Uike (Ghodadongri-ST), Nanda Brahmane (Bhikangaon-ST) and ex-MLA Sangeeta Charel (Sailana-ST) are girls candidates.

BHOPAL: Springing a strategic shock for the second time in 39 days, the ruling BJP got here out with its 39-strong second checklist of candidates for the approaching meeting polls. The candidates embrace seven sitting Lok Sabha MPs, together with three union ministers and the celebration’s nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

With this, the ruling celebration has to this point named 78 candidates towards the full 230 seats within the state dominated by it for 19 years. Earlier on August 17, the BJP had named 39 candidates in its first checklist for the state, the place polls are seemingly in November. The checklist was launched only a few hours after PM Narendra Modi left Bhopal after addressing the BJP’s Karyakarta Mahakumbh.

Political watchers within the state really feel that by fielding seven Lok Sabha members and Vijayvargiya (4 of them have been MLAs previously), the celebration could also be making an attempt to open up the race for CM submit amongst varied possible candidates on the ballot battleground. Importantly, the celebration hasn’t until now named its longest serving CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, or some other chief as its CM face in MP and is contesting the polls with PM Modi’s face within the middle.  googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The ruling celebration additionally appears to be eyeing to strike a stability between its varied senior regional leaders on the election battlefield, to achieve most out of their expertise and affect in particular areas and castes.

The three union ministers embrace Kshatriya caste chief and union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar (fielded from Dimani in Morena district, a part of his Lok Sabha constituency), Prahlad Patel (fielded from his ex-minister and sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel’s Narsinghpur seat) and Faggan Singh Kulaste (who will struggle from his previous Vidhan Sabha seat Niwas in Mandla). Patel’s sitting MLA brother Jalam Singh Patel, reportedly doesn’t wish to contest the polls, only a few months after his son Monu Patel’s demise.

Four different MPs, together with Ganesh Singh (fourth-time MP from Satna), might be contesting from the Satna meeting seat, four-times Jabalpur MP and ex-state celebration chief Rakesh Singh might be contesting from Jabalpur-West seat of his LS constituency, whereas second-time Brahmin girl MP Riti Pathak might be within the fray from Sidhi seat.

BJP nationwide normal secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, the six-time former MLA from completely different seats of the native Indore district and an ex-MP minister has been fielded from Indore-1 seat (presently with Congress’s Sanjay Shukla). He makes his return to contesting Vidhan Sabha polls, ten years after he final received from Mhow-seat of Indore district. The celebration has not solely named him a candidate for Indore-1 seat to wrest the city seat of Indore, but additionally to make use of his ballot administration expertise and political affect on different seats of Indore district in addition to the complete Malwa-Nimar area that homes a most of 66 seats. Vijayvargiya has been mendacity within the chilly, regardless of being nationwide normal secretary, notably within the wake of the 2021 Bengal meeting election debacle.

On the opposite hand, a number of instances Lok Sabha member and union minister Narendra Singh Tomar (final contested and received Vidhan Sabha polls 20 years again from house district Gwalior) has been fielded from Dimani seat of Morena district, to not solely affect seats of his Morena parliamentary constituency but additionally to ship a optimistic message to higher caste Thakurs and Brahmins within the 34-seats sturdy Gwalior-Chambal area.

By fielding highly effective Lodhi OBC caste chief and union minister Prahlad Patel from the native Narsinghpur seat, the celebration is eyeing the OBC Lodhi vote which is critical on 40-50 seats.

Not solely has the celebration fielded MPs, together with union ministers to strengthen the celebration within the battlefield of various areas, however has additionally given them the extra problem of proving their mettle again within the meeting ballot battleground.

Another sitting MP who has been given an meeting ballot ticket is  Jat neighborhood chief and third-time MP from Hoshangabad constituency Uday Pratap Singh, who will contest from Gadarwara seat of his parliamentary constituency. He final received the meeting polls in 2008 as a Congress candidate from Tendukheda seat.

By fielding Satna MP Ganesh Singh from Satna meeting seat of his LS seat Satna and the second time MP (from Sidhi constituency) in Sidhi meeting seat, the celebration is eyeing to consolidate its base among the many OBC Kurmi and Brahmin higher caste voters – the 2 highly effective blocks of inhabitants within the Vindhya area, which was swept by the BJP in 2018.    

Also, the celebration is making an attempt to eye the essential tribal votes in tribes dominated Mahakoshal area by fielding union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste. The celebration had fared badly in 2018 on this area, which additionally homes state Congress chief Kamal Nath’s pocket borough Chhindwara’s meeting segments.    

The celebration has denied a ticket to third-time MLA from Sidhi seat Kedarnath Shukla, seemingly as a result of controversy generated by his alleged supporter Pravesh Shukla’s 2019 video clip of urinating on a tribal man. Shukla’s shut family members say that being denied a BJP ticket, he may contest polls from Sidhi solely, both as an unbiased or on some other celebration’s ticket.  

Two different sitting MLAs not thought-about for tickets, embrace sitting MLA and Prahlad Patel’s brother Jalam Singh Patel, who misplaced his son only a few months again, and the Maihar MLA Narayan Tripathi, who has now shaped his personal celebration for the reason for a separate Vindhya state.

The checklist consists of names of simply three Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalist MLAs, together with former MLAs Raghuraj Singh Kansana (Morena) and Imarti Devi (Dabra-SC) and Hirendra Singh ‘Bunty Bana’ from ex-CM Digvijaya Singh’s pocket-borough Raghogarh, which since two-times is being represented by Singh’s ex-minister son Jaivardhan Singh.

Out of the 39 candidates named within the checklist, six, together with two-times MP Riti Pathak, former minister and ex-MLA Imarti Devi, Jyoti Dehria (Parasia-SC), Ganga Bai Uike (Ghodadongri-ST), Nanda Brahmane (Bhikangaon-ST) and ex-MLA Sangeeta Charel (Sailana-ST) are girls candidates.