By Express News Service
BHOPAL: Exodus of senior leaders from the ruling BJP to the opposition Congress continues forward of meeting polls in Madhya Pradesh.
In maybe the primary main jolt to the ruling occasion within the tribal-dominated Mahakoshal area, former BJP MP from Balaghat Lok Sabha seat Bodhsingh Bhagat joined the Congress in Bhopal on Wednesday.
Bhagat, who gained the LS polls in 2014 from Balaghat and in addition the meeting polls from the Khairlanji seat of Balaghat district previously, blamed the anti-people insurance policies of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorities because the rising dominance of seven-time sitting BJP MLA and MP minister Gourishankar Bisen in BJP’s politics of Balaghat, for becoming a member of the Congress.
Importantly, the long-standing feud between Bisen and Bhagat is well-known within the Balaghat district. Bhagat who had gained the 2014 LS polls from Balaghat seat, had contested the 2019 LS polls from the identical seat as unbiased and completed fourth with 47,000-plus votes after being denied a ticket by the BJP. The seat was gained for the BJP by ex-minister Dhal Singh Bisen.
As per political insiders within the Maoist-affected Balaghat district, it was present MP minister Gaurishankar Bisen, who was behind the denial of ticket to the sitting MP Bodhsingh Bhagat in 2019.
Till only a few weeks again, Bhagat was seen as a frontrunner for the BJP ticket from Katangi Vidhan Sabha seat of Balaghat district, however Bisen is believed to have lobbied towards Bhagat’s prospects, on account of which the ex-BJP MP joined the Congress on Tuesday.
Bhagat is now a frontrunner for the Congress ticket from the Katangi seat of Balaghat district. Both Bhagat and his bete noire, the MP minister Gaurishankar Bisen hail from the identical OBC Pawar caste, which has 30-40% votes in 4 out of the six meeting segments of Balaghat district.
Bhagat is the second former BJP MP to have joined the Congress within the poll-bound state inside 5 months. Earlier, in April, one other former BJP MP Makhansingh Solanki (whose nephew Sumer Solanki is presently the BJP’s Rajya Sabha member) had joined the Congress. Solanki had gained the Khargone-ST seat of southwestern MP in 2009.
But it wasn’t simply the previous BJP MP from Balaghat who joined the Congress in Bhopal on Wednesday, as many different BJP leaders, together with two leaders from CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s meeting constituency Budhni (Sehore) additionally joined the prime opposition occasion.
The two leaders included Sumit Chaube (nephew of CM’s shut aide Shiv Chaube) and Rajesh Patel.
BHOPAL: Exodus of senior leaders from the ruling BJP to the opposition Congress continues forward of meeting polls in Madhya Pradesh.
In maybe the primary main jolt to the ruling occasion within the tribal-dominated Mahakoshal area, former BJP MP from Balaghat Lok Sabha seat Bodhsingh Bhagat joined the Congress in Bhopal on Wednesday.
Bhagat, who gained the LS polls in 2014 from Balaghat and in addition the meeting polls from the Khairlanji seat of Balaghat district previously, blamed the anti-people insurance policies of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorities because the rising dominance of seven-time sitting BJP MLA and MP minister Gourishankar Bisen in BJP’s politics of Balaghat, for becoming a member of the Congress.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Importantly, the long-standing feud between Bisen and Bhagat is well-known within the Balaghat district. Bhagat who had gained the 2014 LS polls from Balaghat seat, had contested the 2019 LS polls from the identical seat as unbiased and completed fourth with 47,000-plus votes after being denied a ticket by the BJP. The seat was gained for the BJP by ex-minister Dhal Singh Bisen.
As per political insiders within the Maoist-affected Balaghat district, it was present MP minister Gaurishankar Bisen, who was behind the denial of ticket to the sitting MP Bodhsingh Bhagat in 2019.
Till only a few weeks again, Bhagat was seen as a frontrunner for the BJP ticket from Katangi Vidhan Sabha seat of Balaghat district, however Bisen is believed to have lobbied towards Bhagat’s prospects, on account of which the ex-BJP MP joined the Congress on Tuesday.
Bhagat is now a frontrunner for the Congress ticket from the Katangi seat of Balaghat district. Both Bhagat and his bete noire, the MP minister Gaurishankar Bisen hail from the identical OBC Pawar caste, which has 30-40% votes in 4 out of the six meeting segments of Balaghat district.
Bhagat is the second former BJP MP to have joined the Congress within the poll-bound state inside 5 months. Earlier, in April, one other former BJP MP Makhansingh Solanki (whose nephew Sumer Solanki is presently the BJP’s Rajya Sabha member) had joined the Congress. Solanki had gained the Khargone-ST seat of southwestern MP in 2009.
But it wasn’t simply the previous BJP MP from Balaghat who joined the Congress in Bhopal on Wednesday, as many different BJP leaders, together with two leaders from CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s meeting constituency Budhni (Sehore) additionally joined the prime opposition occasion.
The two leaders included Sumit Chaube (nephew of CM’s shut aide Shiv Chaube) and Rajesh Patel.
