The BJP names candidates in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, a
first before election dates.
The party has announced 21 candidates for the 90-member
Chhattisgarh Assembly and 39 candidates for the 230-seat Madhya Pradesh
Assembly. The two states will have elections later this year.
The BJP today released the first names of candidates for the
upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It is the first
occasion that the BJP has revealed candidate names before the Election
Commission of India has set poll dates.
The party has declared 21 candidates for the 90-member
Chhattisgarh Assembly and 39 candidates for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh
Assembly.
The news comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over a
meeting of the BJP's central election committee, the party's decision-making
body for candidate selection and poll strategy development.
The BJP's extraordinary move to release candidate names ahead of time
appears to be geared at uncovering tension among the ranks so that issues may
be sorted ahead of time.
Following the catastrophe in Karnataka earlier this year, the party is
not in the mood for another. Along with Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram,
Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh will have elections later this year.
Opposition forces dominate Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Telangana.
Following the upheaval in Manipur, the BJP's ties with its ally and ruling
party, the Mizo National Front, have been strained in Mizoram. In Madhya
Pradesh, the BJP and the Congress are likely to go head to head.
The name of Vijay Baghel, Lok Sabha MP from Durg, stands out among those
on the Chhattisgarh list. He is a previous MLA from Patan and is running from
the same seat this time. Former Chief Minister Raman Singh's name and the names
of other top party officials are absent from the initial list.
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