Former Chief Minister and Congress candidate from Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat Bhupesh Baghel and BJP candidate and MP Santosh Pandey filed their nominations at Rajnandgaon Collectorate on Tuesday. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel along with Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader Dr Charan Das Mahant and other Congress leaders reached Rajnandgaon Collectorate. Bhupesh Baghel filed his nomination at the Rajnandgaon Collectorate. Talking to local mediapersons, Bhupesh Baghel said, “ I express my gratitude to the Congress Party, which has selected me as its candidate. There is a wind of change among the people of Rajnandgaon and people are excited. I have visited all the blocks and all the assembly constituencies.”

 

 

 

 

Asked on a query on the appeal to the workers to file nomination, Bhupesh Baghel said, “I had told this to the workers in Patan and it is true that there is doubt about EVMs. The public also wants elections through ballot. I am still saying that elections should be held through ballot only.” The BJP government at the Centre has adopted many tactics to stop Congress in the Lok Sabha elections. But the Centre and the BJP are continuously getting setbacks from the SC. The public will also get justice from the court. The public will teach a lesson to the BJP in the elections, he added. Meanwhile, former Minister and Congress candidate from Mahasamund Lok Sabha seat Tamradhwaj Sahu also filed his nomination at Mahasamund Collectorate on Tuesday.

 

State Congress President Deepak Baij, MLA Dwarkadheesh Yadav and other Congress leaders participated in the nomination rally of Tamradhwaj Sahu. Congress candidate from Kanker Lok Sabha seat Biresh Thakur will file his nomination at Kanker Collectorate on Wednesday. The last date for the nominations of Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund and Kanker is April 4. Scrutiny of nominations will be held on April 5. April 8 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations. Polling will be held on April 26.