November 2 was the last day for withdrawal of nominations for Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Its time is over at 3 pm. In 3 days from 30th October, the last day of nominations, Congress has been successful in convincing its 3 rebels Dr. Vinay Jaiswal in Manendragarh, Brihaspat Singh in Ramanujganj and Ramdev Jagte in Pratappur. Whereas BJP’s hands are empty.
Seven rebels of Congress and one rebel of BJP are in the field in the state. Leaders who were contenders have entered the fray as independent candidates, while some have changed parties. These include assembly constituencies like Kasdol, Manendragarh, Raigarh, Mahasamund, Gunderdehi. Now Congress is likely to lose votes on all these seats. Whereas in Raipur North the contest has become triangular. 14 people have withdrawn their names in support of Congress candidate in Raipur South. 2 Congress MLAs changed parties.
Two MLAs have changed their parties after not getting tickets from Congress. Among these, Kismat Lal Chand, who was MLA from Saraipali, has joined Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J (JCCJ). JCCJ has also made him its candidate from Saraipali. Meanwhile, Samari MLA Chintamani Maharaj has joined BJP. He has received assurance from BJP to give him Lok Sabha election ticket. Raipur North: Congress councilor and MIC member Ajit Kukreja was contesting from Raipur North, but the party again expressed confidence in the sitting MLA Kuldeep Juneja. After not getting the ticket, Kukreja contested as an independent candidate. At present the process of convincing them is going on.
Lormi: BJP has made state president Arun Sao its candidate from here. At the same time, Congress has also given ticket to Backward Classes Commission Chairman Thaneshwar Sahu. Whereas, here Congress District President Sagar Singh Bais was also struggling for the ticket. In rebellion against not getting the ticket, he has filed nomination from JCCJ.
Antagarh: After MLA Anup Nag rebelled and took the nomination form, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had said that he would be persuaded. However, this could not happen and Anup Nag is contesting as an independent. He also made Congress feel its strength by showing strength during his nomination rally.
In Raipur, 12 Muslim candidates withdrew their names in support of Mahant.
14 people withdrew their names from Raipur South Assembly till Thursday afternoon. The special thing is that 12 of them are Muslims. These include 8 women and 4 men. BJP’s Brijmohan Agarwal and Congress’s Mahant Ramsundar Das are in the fray from this seat. Those who withdrew their names have claimed that they are withdrawing their names in support of Mahant. Will support Congress in this election. Who among the major rebels of BJP agreed and who is adamant?
Assembly ticket rebel candidate status
Gunderdehi Virendra Sahu Rajendra Rai joins JCCJ
Bindranavagarh Govardhan Majhi Bhagirathi Majhi joined AAP from BJP, returned to BJP after 10 days.
BJP rebel Rajendra Rai has been fielded by Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J (JCCJ) as its candidate from Gunderdehi in Balod. Congress rebels have fielded either as independents or from JCCJ. The first name among these is that of Antagarh MLA Anup Nag. He is contesting the election as an independent. Apart from these, Gorelal Burman, Kismat Lal Chand, Ajit Kukreja and Sagar Singh are also in the electoral fray.
