BJP has canceled the ticket of MLA Damrudhar Pujari in Bindranwagarh and has made former MLA Govardhan Manjhi its candidate. Congress is also in trouble because Govardhan had defeated Janak by a record number of votes. It will be interesting who Congress will field against Govardhan Manjhi.
BJP has expressed confidence in Govardhan Manjhi for the third time for Bindranwagad Assembly. There was a defeat in 2003, but in 2013, Govardhan Manjhi created a new record by defeating Congress’s Janak Dhruv by winning this seat by 30536 votes. In the party’s internal survey, Manjhi’s graph was above sitting MLA Damrudhar Pujari. This was the main reason why, despite the announcement of repeating the candidate who had won the last election, the ticket of the sitting MLA was canceled. This is the first seat among the 15 winning seats, where BJP has cut the MLA ticket. After the announcement of the ticket, a crowd of supporters gathered in Govardhan Manjhi’s home village and huge fireworks were done. Manjhi has expressed his gratitude to the organization for reposing its trust in him. 2 big reasons for cutting the ticket.
The pro-BJP sarpanch had made a major allegation against the current MLA for giving the item’s work only to a select number of panchayats. Pujari himself kept his distance from the staunch BJP workers in many organization and village level programs, which proved to be harmful for him. Despite winning this seat with the highest number of votes in 2013, Manjhi’s ticket was canceled in 2018. In these 5 years, Manjhi maintained loyalty towards the party and workers. Kept participating in every work of the organization. The second major reason was his continuous public contact due to which his popularity remained intact in the party survey.
Congress forced to brainstorm
After the approval of Govardhan Manjhi’s name, Congress has now started brainstorming the names of its candidates. Janak Dhruv’s name is considered to be at the top among the contenders, but Govardhan Majhi defeated Janak Dhruv by 30536 votes in 2013. The second name is of Sanjay Netam. Before considering this name, the party can take stock of the caste equation.
The combination of 3 and the post remained intact
3 relationship with Govardhan Manjhi continued at the end of the year. The party has fielded him as its candidate in 2003, again in 2013 and now in 2023. In the 13 elections held in this seat, BJP has made MLA 9 times, out of which 7 times the MLA was from Padarwale village. This coincidence also continued, Govardhan Manjhi’s home village is Gohra Padar.
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