Both Bhratiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress camps are busy putting their efforts to keep their houses in order as the last date for withdrawing nominations in Nov 14.
Known for often landing his own party in trouble with his off the cuff remarks, former Chief Minister has emerged as the troubleshooter for the grand old party this time as chairman of Co-ordination committee. Meanwhile the onus of persuading sulking party leaders is jointly shouldered by seniors including Narendra Singh Tomar, state president Rakesh Singh, state in charge Vinay Sahastrabuddhe and others.
The rebellion however seems graver for BJP than opposition Congress.
The saffron party which is battling massive unrest among cadre following ticket distribution is till now have tasted little success while persuading seniors Jirtendra Singh Bundela and Chandar Singh Sisodia in withdrawing nomination from Maharajpur and Garoth after intervention of district units.
Influential rebels who still remain in the fray to concern the party include Santosh Joshi from Susner, Ghasiram Patel from Rajnagar, Ramdayal Ahirwar from Chandla, Ajay Yadav from Khargapur, former MLA Shantilal Bilwal from Jhabua, Vel Singh Bhuria form Sardarpur, Iqbal Singh Gandhi from Ujjain South and Jitendra Singh Pandya whose name was earlier announced in the list.
Former Gwalior mayor Samiksha Gupta too joined ranks with the rebel announcing to contest as an independent over denial of ticket.
In Bhopal, ex MLAs Jitendra Daga has filed nomination from Huzur while another former MLA Brahmanand Ratnakar has rebelled from Berasia. Party seniors who are yet to withdraw their dissent include Narendra Singh Kushwah from Bhind, Lalit Porwal from Indore-3, former minister KL Agrawal from Bamori, Jaipal Singh Chawda from Rau, Dhiraj Pateria from Jabalpur from North, Ramkrishna Kusmaria who filed nomination from Damoh and Patharia.
