Congress woos high-profile BJP households in poll-bound MP  

Express News Service

BHOPAL: The meeting polls in Madhya Pradesh is simply six months away and the opposition Congress is making an attempt its finest to woo discontent high-profile BJP households.

The Congress get together’s plans have been first tried within the Gwalior-Chambal area and later rolled into the Malwa-Nimar area.

It was on March 22, the Hindu New Year’s day that Rao Yadvendra Singh Yadav, elder son of three-times former BJP MLA Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav, and his supporters crossed over to the Congress within the presence of Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, and others.

Ashok Nagar district with three meeting segments is a part of the Guna Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency was until 2019 thought-about a pocket borough of the erstwhile Gwalior state’s Scindia royal household. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 4 instances sitting MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was defeated by his protégé and BJP candidate Dr KP Yadav.

Late Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav’s household is taken into account the oldest Yadav household of the BJP in that area and significantly has a serious clout within the Mungaoli meeting seat of Ashok Nagar district, which was thrice gained by a late BJP stalwart.

While becoming a member of the Congress, Rao Yadevendra Singh Yadav mentioned that after Jyotiraditya Scindia and his supporters joined the BJP three years in the past, the long-time BJP loyalists have been sidelined within the get together. Lately, BJP has additionally develop into a corrupt get together, he mentioned citing these as the explanations for his resolution to hitch the Congress.

According to key state Congress sources, the get together is exploring the potential of fielding Yadvendra from the Mungaoli seat, which is presently represented by Scindia-loyalist and MP minister Brajendra Singh Yadav.

Just three months previous to this improvement, the Congress had gained over BJP MP Dr KP Yadav’s brother Ajay Yadav to its ranks. Ajay Yadav is more likely to be fielded from one other Yadav-dominated seat of both Ashok Nagar or Shivpuri district.

The Guna Lok Sabha constituency is unfold over eight meeting segments of three districts – Ashok Nagar, Shivpuri and Guna – and homes round 3.5 lakh Yadav voters, which is greater than 20% of the entire voters. The Yadavs have a decisive sway on 4 of these eight meeting seats.

Just 9 days later, ex-CM and current Rajya Sabha member, Digvijaya Singh –the mastermind of making a dent in BJP’s Yadav household in Ashok Nagar district — was in Barwani district of southwest MP, successful yet one more large BJP chief, this time former MP and ex-Barwani District Panchayat chief Makhansingh Solanki.

Solanki, a BJP veteran who gained the Khargone LS seat in 2009, defeating ex-MP minister Bala Bachchan by 34,000-plus votes, was feeling sidelined following the ascendency of a lot youthful leaders within the BJP, together with his personal nephew Sumer Singh Solanki (who was despatched to the Rajya Sabha in 2020) and current Khargone MP Gajendra Patel, in addition to outdated warhorse and MP cabinet minister Prem Singh Patel.

As per sources throughout the BJP, getting a whiff of Congress’s plans, the get together had pressed its senior chief and state’s agriculture minister Kamal Patel to stop Makhansingh from becoming a member of Congress, however the efforts failed.

As per a senior state Congress chief — who comes from the Digvijaya Singh camp – the method of capitalizing on cracks inside outdated households (significantly owing to emotions of insecurity amongst outdated BJP leaders because of the rising clout of Scindia-loyalists) will proceed within the coming days and a few extra large BJP households in varied elements of MP, are on the Congress’s radar.

“Just wait and watch, you’ll have many leaders from big BJP families joining Congress ahead of assembly polls,” the Congress chief advised The New Indian Express.

BHOPAL: The meeting polls in Madhya Pradesh is simply six months away and the opposition Congress is making an attempt its finest to woo discontent high-profile BJP households.

The Congress get together’s plans have been first tried within the Gwalior-Chambal area and later rolled into the Malwa-Nimar area.

It was on March 22, the Hindu New Year’s day that Rao Yadvendra Singh Yadav, elder son of three-times former BJP MLA Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav, and his supporters crossed over to the Congress within the presence of Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, and others.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Ashok Nagar district with three meeting segments is a part of the Guna Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency was until 2019 thought-about a pocket borough of the erstwhile Gwalior state’s Scindia royal household. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 4 instances sitting MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was defeated by his protégé and BJP candidate Dr KP Yadav.

Late Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav’s household is taken into account the oldest Yadav household of the BJP in that area and significantly has a serious clout within the Mungaoli meeting seat of Ashok Nagar district, which was thrice gained by a late BJP stalwart.

While becoming a member of the Congress, Rao Yadevendra Singh Yadav mentioned that after Jyotiraditya Scindia and his supporters joined the BJP three years in the past, the long-time BJP loyalists have been sidelined within the get together. Lately, BJP has additionally develop into a corrupt get together, he mentioned citing these as the explanations for his resolution to hitch the Congress.

According to key state Congress sources, the get together is exploring the potential of fielding Yadvendra from the Mungaoli seat, which is presently represented by Scindia-loyalist and MP minister Brajendra Singh Yadav.

Just three months previous to this improvement, the Congress had gained over BJP MP Dr KP Yadav’s brother Ajay Yadav to its ranks. Ajay Yadav is more likely to be fielded from one other Yadav-dominated seat of both Ashok Nagar or Shivpuri district.

The Guna Lok Sabha constituency is unfold over eight meeting segments of three districts – Ashok Nagar, Shivpuri and Guna – and homes round 3.5 lakh Yadav voters, which is greater than 20% of the entire voters. The Yadavs have a decisive sway on 4 of these eight meeting seats.

Just 9 days later, ex-CM and current Rajya Sabha member, Digvijaya Singh –the mastermind of making a dent in BJP’s Yadav household in Ashok Nagar district — was in Barwani district of southwest MP, successful yet one more large BJP chief, this time former MP and ex-Barwani District Panchayat chief Makhansingh Solanki.

Solanki, a BJP veteran who gained the Khargone LS seat in 2009, defeating ex-MP minister Bala Bachchan by 34,000-plus votes, was feeling sidelined following the ascendency of a lot youthful leaders within the BJP, together with his personal nephew Sumer Singh Solanki (who was despatched to the Rajya Sabha in 2020) and current Khargone MP Gajendra Patel, in addition to outdated warhorse and MP cabinet minister Prem Singh Patel.

As per sources throughout the BJP, getting a whiff of Congress’s plans, the get together had pressed its senior chief and state’s agriculture minister Kamal Patel to stop Makhansingh from becoming a member of Congress, however the efforts failed.

As per a senior state Congress chief — who comes from the Digvijaya Singh camp – the method of capitalizing on cracks inside outdated households (significantly owing to emotions of insecurity amongst outdated BJP leaders because of the rising clout of Scindia-loyalists) will proceed within the coming days and a few extra large BJP households in varied elements of MP, are on the Congress’s radar.

“Just wait and watch, you’ll have many leaders from big BJP families joining Congress ahead of assembly polls,” the Congress chief advised The New Indian Express.