BHOPAL/ BHUBANESWAR: Congress on Wednesday controlled to retain Mungaoli and Kolaras meeting seats in byelections in Madhya Pradesh — even though with massively diminished margins in comparison to the final polls — regardless of leader minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and all the top rung of his cabinet camping in those constituencies for several days. However, in Odisha, Congress now not only lost its sitting seat within the bypoll to the ruling BJD however used to be relegated to the third position after BJP.
Coming only some months ahead of the meeting polls that are due in Madhya Pradesh in November, Chouhan had made the bypolls a status factor. As many as 21 of the full 36 ministers campaigned for several weeks within the two seats situated within the stronghold of Jyotiraditya Scindia, one of the most aspirants in Congress for the CM’s post.
BJP got here gut-wrenchingly just about snatching a win in those seats that are part of Scindia’s Lok Sabha seat, Guna. Congress’s massively diminished victory margins — simply 2,124 votes in Mungaoli and eight,083 in Kolaras, down from 20,765 and 24,952, respectively, in 2013 — indicate how BJP’s sheer organisational strength is a power to reckon with within the November polls. It’s also a pointer that Congress must get its flock in combination. While Chouhan used to be doing as much as 12 roadshows a day, Scindia used to be left fighting a lone combat. Kamal Nath joined him on the very final day of campaigning.
The bypolls have been billed as Shivraj vs Maharaj (Scindia) fight and the Guna MP single-handedly took on all the may of a government entrenched for 13 years, the CM and his heavyweight ministers and BJP’s organizational strength. Congress employees celebrated the victories as a morale booster ahead of the big ultimate. After the wins in Ater and Chitrakoot bypoll final yr and robust appearing in civic elections in Badwani-Dhar in January, Congress sees the Mungaoli and Kolaras victories as a sign of turnaround.
However, Chouhan instructed reporters within the meeting that BJP has fared a lot better within the bypolls in comparison to 2013. “These have been Congress seats and the margin of victory has diminished. That too when BSP did not box its candidates and Congress benefited from it.”
Coming only some months ahead of the meeting polls that are due in Madhya Pradesh in November, Chouhan had made the bypolls a status factor. As many as 21 of the full 36 ministers campaigned for several weeks within the two seats situated within the stronghold of Jyotiraditya Scindia, one of the most aspirants in Congress for the CM’s post.
BJP got here gut-wrenchingly just about snatching a win in those seats that are part of Scindia’s Lok Sabha seat, Guna. Congress’s massively diminished victory margins — simply 2,124 votes in Mungaoli and eight,083 in Kolaras, down from 20,765 and 24,952, respectively, in 2013 — indicate how BJP’s sheer organisational strength is a power to reckon with within the November polls. It’s also a pointer that Congress must get its flock in combination. While Chouhan used to be doing as much as 12 roadshows a day, Scindia used to be left fighting a lone combat. Kamal Nath joined him on the very final day of campaigning.
The bypolls have been billed as Shivraj vs Maharaj (Scindia) fight and the Guna MP single-handedly took on all the may of a government entrenched for 13 years, the CM and his heavyweight ministers and BJP’s organizational strength. Congress employees celebrated the victories as a morale booster ahead of the big ultimate. After the wins in Ater and Chitrakoot bypoll final yr and robust appearing in civic elections in Badwani-Dhar in January, Congress sees the Mungaoli and Kolaras victories as a sign of turnaround.
However, Chouhan instructed reporters within the meeting that BJP has fared a lot better within the bypolls in comparison to 2013. “These have been Congress seats and the margin of victory has diminished. That too when BSP did not box its candidates and Congress benefited from it.”
Congress retains two MP seats, but loses its Odisha bastion
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