Bilaspur. Former minister and Lok Sabha cluster in-charge Amar Aggarwal has taunted the Congress candidate over the announcement. He said that Congress is not getting a candidate to contest the Bilaspur Lok Sabha elections. All the local prominent Congress leaders are not ready to contest the elections. A candidate is being considered to contest elections from Bhilai. This is the misfortune of the local Congress leaders.
He said that the Congressmen have become distraught after the defeat in the assembly elections. After the Lok Sabha elections, they will know with whom the people of the state are. BJP has been winning Bilaspur Lok Sabha elections continuously since 1996. The margin of victory is also continuously increasing. This time too all records will be broken.
Congress did not open its 5 cards
Let us tell you that for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, BJP has announced candidates for all the 11 seats of the state. In which BJP has declared former MLA Tokhan Sahu as its candidate from Bilaspur. At the same time, Congress has so far been able to finalize names only on 6 out of 11 seats. Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat is also included in the 5 remaining seats. Where the candidate is yet to be decided.
BJP had won in 2014 and 2019 also
If we talk about the last two Lok Sabha elections, BJP has hoisted its flag here both times. In which BJP’s Lakhanlal Sahu had won in the 2014 general elections. In front of him, Congress had made senior leader Karuna Shukla its candidate. The victory margin between the two candidates was 1 lakh 76 thousand 436 votes. Whereas in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Arun Sao from BJP had won. In front of whom was Atal Srivastava of Congress. In which BJP defeated Congress by 1 lakh 41 thousand 763 votes.