While announcing the names of candidates on three of the remaining six seats in Madhya Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Congress has fielded Rao Yadvendra Singh against Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna and former MP Pratap Bhanu Sharma against Shivraj Singh from Vidisha.
Tarwar Singh Lodhi has been given ticket from Damoh, he will face BJP's Rahul Singh Lodhi.
At the same time, Gwalior, Morena and Khandwa Lok Sabha seats have been kept on hold. Suspense continues on these three seats.
Congress has so far announced candidates for 25 out of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh. Nakulnath from Chhindwara, Kamleshwar Patel from Sidhi, Phool Singh Baraiya from Bhind, Siddharth Kushwaha from Satna, Omkar Singh Markam from Mandla, Ramu Tekam from Betul, Rajendra Malviya from Dewas, Radheshyam Muvail from Dhar, Pankaj Ahirwar from Tikamgarh, Porlal Kharte from Khargone.
The name of Guddu Raja Bundela from Sagar has already been announced. Digvijay Singh from Rajgarh, Neelam Mishra from Rewa, Phundelal Marco from Shahdol, Dinesh Yadav from Jabalpur, Samrat Sarswar from Balaghat, Sanjay Sharma from Hoshangabad, Arun Srivastava from Bhopal, Mahesh Parmar from Ujjain, Dilip Singh Gurjar from Mandsaur, Kantilal from Ratlam Jhabua. Akshay Kanti Bam has been given ticket from Bhuria and Indore.
Congress has fielded Rao Yadvendra Singh as its candidate against Jyotiraditya Scindia on Guna seat. Rao Yadvendra Singh had joined Congress from BJP before the assembly elections.
Congress had given him ticket from Mungawali, but he had to face defeat. Yadvendra Singh's father Late. Deshraj Singh Yadav has been an MLA from BJP.
Yadav family is considered to have good influence in Ashoknagar. Yadvendra Singh is a District Panchayat member. His wife is a district member, brother is a district panchayat member and mother is a district member.
Yadvendra Singh's father has also contested against Scindia from Guna Lok Sabha seat twice. Let us tell you, former Union Minister and former State President Arun Yadav had expressed his desire to contest elections from this seat, but the Digvijay Singh faction had created a problem by calling him an outsider. On this seat, BJP has cut the ticket of MP KP Yadav and given it to Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. In such a situation, there is discussion that due to this, Yadav voters in Guna parliamentary seat are angry.
Now Congress has given ticket to Yadvendra Singh Yadav only to capitalize on the resentment of the Yadavs. In such a situation, now Arun Yadav may have to contest elections from Khandwa seat. However, he has expressed his desire not to contest elections from Khandwa seat. Apart from Arun Yadav, the names of Rajnarayan Singh Purani, Surendra Singh Shera are also in discussion here. Sharma Patwari's choice.
At the same time, Congress has given ticket to former MP Pratap Bhanu Sharma from Vidisha in front of former CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Sharma is the favorite of PCC Chief Jitu Patwari. Sharma has been MP from Vidisha seat twice in 1980 and 1984. His name had already been decided, but meanwhile Devendra Patel's name came up. At the same time, some people advocated for retired Wing Commander Anuma Acharya. Due to this the matter got stuck. Now the party has approved the name of Pratap Bhanu Sharma.
Congress has given ticket to former MLA Tarbar Singh Lodhi from Damoh seat. Tarbar Singh Lodhi had won from Banda seat in 2018. However, he lost the election in 2023. This seat is Lodhi dominated, here BJP has made Rahul Singh Lodhi its candidate.
