Week after joining BJP, ex-MLA’s daughter gets ticket

Bhopal: Only a day after the second list of candidates, BJP on Tuesday announced one more candidate for the upcoming assembly election, fielding a greenhorn in a seat held by Congress.The party has fielded Monika Batti from Amarwara constituency in Chhindwara, which Congress’s Kamlesh Shah won in 2013 and 2018. She is the daughter of national president of Gondwana Gantantra Party, Manmohan Shah Batti, who was the Amarwara MLA from 2003-08. Monika Batti was in Congress but quit and joined BJP on September 19 this year. A week later, she has been fielded from Amarwara. Her father was infected with Covid and died in August 2020. PCC chief Kamal Nath had written to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan for a CBI investigation into his death.

BJP ashamed to call Shivraj Singh Chouhan its CM face, says Kamal Nath

Former chief minister and state Congress president Kamal Nath criticized the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, stating that they are ashamed to call Shivraj Singh Chouhan their chief ministerial face. Nath alleged corruption in the state, claiming that transformers for energy are being purchased from companies owned by BJP leaders. He also highlighted the lack of development under Chouhan's rule and the need for investment in the state. Nath's allegations come amidst the cancellation of the opposition bloc INDIA's joint public meeting in Madhya Pradesh.

Ex-BRS MLA may join Congress

Former MLA Vemula Veeresham from Nakrekal is expected to join the Congress after being denied a ticket by the BRS leadership. He will be accompanied by former MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. In a separate development, MLA Mynampally Hanumanth Rao has resigned from BRS and is likely to join a new party. Former BRS leader Tummala Nageshwara Rao has joined the Congress after not receiving a ticket from the BRS. These moves may impact the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

After Madhya Pradesh, BJP may field big guns in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana assembly elections

The BJP is planning to field senior leaders, including Union ministers, in the upcoming assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana. In Rajasthan, the party is facing infighting and has decided not to project a chief ministerial candidate. Speculated candidates include Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Diya Kumari, and Rajyavardhan Rathore. However, Shekhawat may face resistance from state leaders. In Telangana, four MPs, including Union minister G K Reddy, are likely to contest. In Madhya Pradesh, two Union ministers, Narendra Singh Tomar and Faggan Singh Kulaste, will contest seats won by Congress in 2018.

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