Cong fields Rajendra Bharti against BJP’s Narottam Mishra
   Date :21-Oct-2023

Narottam Mishra 
 
 
 
 
By Nupur Sengupta
Congress released the second list of 88 candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly election late on Thursday night. In the second list, the Congress has replaced three specific seats namely Datia, Gotegaon and Pichhore of its previously declared nominees. The MP Legislative Assembly consists 230 seats. With this Congress has declared all seats 229 out of 230 only one seat is on hold which is Amla seat of Betul district. The single-phase election in Madhya Pradesh is scheduled on November 17 with counting of votes on December 3, 2023. Earlier, on October 15 the Congress had released its first list for Madhya Pradesh polls. The list had names of 144 party candidates. Congress replaced its candidate for Datia Assembly constituency and has fielded Rajendra Bharti in place of Avadesh Nayak. He will contest against BJP candidate and Home Minister Narottam Mishra. Bharti, a former MLA, had defeated Mishra in the past but lost the last election by a slender margin.
 
Nayak’s nomination from Datia drew opposition from a section of party workers and leaders, prompting the party leadership to replace him. The party also fielded Narmada Prasad Prajapati in place of Shekhar Chaudhary from Gotegaon-SC Assembly constituency. Congress also replaced its candidate for Pichhore Assembly seat, where Arvind Singh Lodhi will be the party nominee in place of Shailendra Singh.
From Indore, Deepak Pintu Joshi, Satyanarayan Patel Deepak Pintu Joshi from Indore – 3, Satyanarayan Patel from Indore – 5, Ramkishor Shukla from Dr Ambedkarnagar-Mhow, Er Chetan Premnarayan Yadav from Ujjain Dakshin, Rajendra Singh Solanki from Badnagar, Lakshman Dindore from Ratlam Rural, Paras Saklecha from Ratlam City, Himmat Shrimal from Jaora, Parshuram Sisodia from Malhargarh(SC), Subhash Sojatia from Garoth, Umrao Singh Guriar from Neemuch, Samandar Patel from Jawad. This time, the Congress is bidding to wrest power from BJP. Party leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister and Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have been holding a clutch of rallies in the poll-bound state.
From Gwalior Sunil Sharma
From Gwalior Assembly seat, bastion of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Congress has fielded Sunil Sharma, who had unsuccessfully contested in a bypoll against sitting MLA and minister Pradhuman Singh Tomar, a known Scindia loyalist. Pradhuman Singh Tomar had switched over to the BJP along with Scindia after the last Assembly polls. The party fielded Ravinder Singh Tomar from Dimani Assembly seat and he will contest against Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
From Jabalpur Abhishek Chaukse Chintu
Abhishek Chaukse Chintu from Jabalpur Cantt, Rajesh Patel from Panagar, Chain Singh Warkade from Niwas (ST), Dr Ashok Marskole from Mandla (ST), Vicky Patel from Waraseoni, Narmada Prasad Prajapati (in place of Shekhar Chaudhary) from Gotegaon (SC), Sunita Patel from Gadarwara, Sunil Uikey from Junnardeo (ST), Kamlesh Shah from Amarwara (ST), Sujeet Mer Singh from Churai, Vijay Chaure from Saunsar, Sohan Valmiki from Parasia (SC), Nilesh Uike from Pandhurna (ST), Ajay Balram Patel from Seoni- Malwa, Girija Shankar Sharma from Hoshangabad, Pushparai Singh from Sohagpur, Guru Charan Khare from Pipariya (SC), Raikumar Patel from Bhojpur, Dr G C Gautam from Sanchi (SC), Rani Ahirwar from Kurwai (SC), Gagnendra Raghuvanshi from Sironj
Details of second list of candidates
Shailendra Patel from Ichhawar,Girish Bhandari from Narsinghgarh,Purshottam Dangi from Biaora,Smt. Kala Mahesh Malviva Sarangpur ( SC),Ramveer Singh Sikarwar from from Shujalpur,Pradeep Chaudhary from Dewas,Deepak Joshi from Khategaon,Gopal Bhonsale from Bagali (ST),Sukhram Salve from Harsud (ST),Kundan Malviya from Khandwa (SC),Gendu Bai Chauhan fromNepanagar(ST),Surendra Singh Shera from Burhanpur, Montu Solanki from Sendhawa(ST),Chandrabhaga Kirade fromPansemal(ST),Dr. Hiralal Alawa from Manawar,. Prabha Gautam from Dhar,Bhawarsingh Shekhawat from Badnawar.
 
Kuldeep Sikarwar from Sumawali, Dinesh Guriar from Morena, Ravindra Singh Tomar from Dimani, Devendra Ramnarayan Sakhwar from Ambah (SC), Chaudhary Rakesh Chaturvedi from Bhind, Keshav Desai from Gohad (SC), Sunil Sharma from Gwalior, Rajendra Bharti (in place of Awadhesh Nayak) from Datia, Arvind Singh Lodhi (in place of Shailendra Singh) from Pichhore, Pankaj Kaneria from Guna (SC), Nirmala Sapre from Bina (SC), Raksha Rajput from Khurai, Eng Jyoti Patel from Rehli, Nidhi Jain from Sagar, Amit Rai from Niwari, Ajay Tandon from Damoh, Bharat Milan Pandey from Panna, Dharmesh Ghai from Maihar, Ramashankar Pyasi from Rampur Baghelan, Ramgarib Kol from Sirmour, Abhay Mishra from Semariva, Padmesh Gautam from Deotalab, Rajendra Sharma from Rewa, Gyan Singh from Sidhi, Bansmani Prasad Verma from Devsar (SC), Kamlesh Singh from Dhauhani (ST), Ramlakhan Singh from Beohari (ST), Narendra Maravi from Jaisingnagar (ST), Sunil Saraf from Kotma, Savitri Singh from Bandhavgarh (ST), Tilak Raj Singh from Manpur (ST), Neera Baghel from Vilayraghavgarh, Mithlesh Jain from Murwara, Saurabh Singh from Bahoriband.
 
In 2018 Assembly polls, the Congress had won 114 seats, while BJP got 109. However, Congress Government fell after many MLAs under the leadership of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who later became a Union Minister, joined the BJP. The BJP returned to power in March 2020 with Shivraj Singh Chouhan as Chief Minister for a fresh term. The BJP’s current strength in the Assembly is 127.