The countdown for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh has begun. In such a situation, the contenders for ticket from Congress have started parikrama of big leaders of the party along with Rajiv Bhavan. The claimants coming from the seat where the Congress MLA is there are also reaching with the complaint of their MLA. There are many seats in which there are first-time MLAs and the protest against them is maximum.
In front of state in-charge Kumari Selja, more than 14 leaders and workers of Kasdol area said that ticket should be given to any one of us or to anyone…not to be given to the present MLA. These leaders kept the same point after meeting PCC Chief Deepak Baij, Chandan Yadav and Speaker Dr. Charandas Mahant. Significantly, the Kasdol MLA had defeated veteran BJP leader and then Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agarwal by more than 49,000 votes in the last election. The claimants have also started circumambulating the office bearers of the election committee. Contenders from one area or the other are arriving daily at the bungalows of TS Singhdev, Ravindra Chaibe, Tamradhwaj Sahu, Mohan Markam and Mohammad Akbar.
Many claimants are approaching the PCC chief badge with complaints about their MLAs. Along with this, they are also keeping their claim. Although the badges have already made it clear that the names of the candidates will come out from the block level and reach the State Election Committee through the district. Despite this, the number of claimants from Rajiv Bhavan to prominent Congress leaders reaching here has started increasing. Most of these are from those constituencies where the sitting MLA got the ticket for the first time in the last election and won. remainder|page 6
Here are the ticket contenders. Among the 14 people who claim the ticket, many office bearers including the district president of the OBC Congress are included. These included Gopi Sahu (General Secretary District Congress), Rohit Sahu, Member Telghani Board, Vimal Sahu District President OBC Congress, Neelu Chandan Sahu Kasdol Nagar Panchayat President, Gorelal Sahu District Panchayat Member, Ramchandra Patel Vice President OBC Congress, Ritwik Mishra Vice President Nagar Panchayat, Vimal Dewangan Vice President District Congress, Pushpa Banjare Councillor, Vikrant Sahu District Panchayat Member, Ashwini Verma Joint Secretary, Amar Mishra, Manoj Pandey, Narendra Sahu etc. are included.
reminding of last promise
Contenders seeking tickets are presenting their claims by meeting ministers and senior leaders of their area. Many are keeping their stand firmly on the basis of caste. There are some leaders among them who are also saying that they had said last time that if not this time, they will see next time. By reminding the promise of the last time, the claimants have increased the problems of the leaders.
from several seats around
More claimants are coming from Bhatapara, Balodabazar, Bilaigarh, Saraipali, Mahasamund, Arang and Dharsinwa in Raipur and surrounding seats. However, till now maximum number of claimants have come from Kasdol only. Contenders have also arrived from the constituencies of one or two ministers, but they are secretly returning with their demands, so that no one gets a clue.
Pritam Singh Sr. Observer with Meenakshi Natarajan
Congress has appointed observers for the assembly elections. Former Uttarakhand Congress Committee President Pritam Singh has been made Senior Observer for Chhattisgarh. Senior leader Meenakshi Natarajan has been given the responsibility of observer with him. Pritam Singh has been a four-time member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Meenakshi is a former Member of Parliament from Mandsaur, has been the President of Youth Wing and Women’s Wing. Apart from this, AICC has also made new appointments for social media and digital platforms. Among these, Ayush Pandey and Aditya Bhagat of Chhattisgarh have been made National Coordinators.
