Congress landslide in MP’s Damoh by-polls

THE CONGRESS managed a landslide victory in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh by-polls the place the get together’s candidate Ajay Tandon gained by a margin of 17,089 votes, practically main in the entire 26 rounds. A high-pitched election marketing campaign held by the ruling BJP, which introduced Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to marketing campaign for turncoat Rahul Singh Lodhi, appears to have labored in opposition to the get together.
Lodhi had defected to BJP in October necessitating the by-polls. He had defeated former finance minister and BJP chief Jayant Malaiya, who was dealing with anti-incumbency in 2018, with a slim margin of 800 votes.
Speaking to reporters, Lodhi, who fought from Malaiya’s seat, accused him of being accountable for the defeat. “I have lost in those wards which was directly under Jayant Malaiya’s watch. He was given the responsibility of the urban areas, which we lost to Congress. I confidently say that it was Malaiya family’s plan that worked and BJP lost the by-polls. Congress did not have workers working on ground,” he stated.
Meanwhile, state Congress president, Kamal Nath referred to as this victory a sign of the occasions to come back for BJP. Nath stated, “I congratulate the people of Damoh for they have sided with truth and that they are with the forces that unite the country.”
He additionally requested the get together employees to not have fun the victory on the streets owing to the second wave of Covid-19.