The Congress' first of six Lok Sabha candidates for Chhattisgarh contains two former ministers, and one sitting MP, other than former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
Whereas he introduced the candidatures of Bhupesh Baghel (Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha), Vikas Upadhyay (Raipur), Tamradhwaj Sahu (Mahasamund), Rajendra Sahu (Durg), Jyotsna Mahant (Korba) and Shiv Dahariya (Janjgir-Champa-SC), it’s nonetheless to announce the remaining 5, which incorporates the Bastar seat which is presently represented by its state president Deepak Baij.
Mr. Baij misplaced the final Meeting polls as did former ministers Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu and Mr. Dahariya. The celebration – whose finest Lok Sabha tally because the formation of the state is 2 of the 11 it recorded in 2019 – hopes to enhance its tally. The ruling BJP has already introduced all its 11 candidates. In 5 of those six seats, a unique candidate contested the final common election.
The match ups
Mr. Baghel will tackle BJP's Santosh Pandey from Rajnandgaon. Celebration sources within the State mentioned that by fielding the previous CM outdoors his Durg district, they needed to sign that the celebration was not overwhelmed by robust candidates. Within the case of Durg and Mahasamund, the Sahu issue was a nudge for the celebration to zero in on their selections. Equally, he launched his most outstanding SC face from Janjgir-Champa a reserved constituency. The celebration had completed comparatively properly within the Meeting segments of this constituency within the 2023 Meeting polls regardless of its total loss.
In Raipur, comparatively inexperienced former MLA Vikas Upadhyay will tackle BJP veteran and state minister Brijmohan Agrawal. This would be the first Lok Sabha election for each, however Mr Upadhyay has been an MLA solely as soon as in comparison with Mr Agrawal who has been an MLA for eight phrases. The celebration, nevertheless, feels that it has relied on the youth to do the trick right here.
Korba will see a high-profile contest between Ms Mahant and senior BJP chief Saroj Pandey.
