Responding to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's suggestion to contest from toughest seat in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said he will fight from wherever Congress president Rahul Gandhi asks him to.
"To accept challenges is my habit. I won from Raghogarh despite the Janata Party wave in 1977. I am ready to contest the Lok Sabha elections from wherever my leader Rahul Gandhi ji says,'' Singh tweeted.
In another tweet, he added, "I'm grateful to Kamal Nath for thinking that I'm competent enough to fight Lok Sabha elections.” Nath had asked Singh to choose a seat where the Congress has not won for three decades or more like Bhopal, Indore, and Vidisha- seats that are considered to be strongholds of the BJP.
It is being said that Singh is looking to contest from Rajgarh seat, which he had represented in 1984 and 1991. Interestingly, BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan has been continuously winning Indore parliamentary seat from 1991 to 2014. The last time Congress won there was in 1984.
Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Assembly segments -- Bhojpur, Sanchi (SC), Silwani, Vidisha, Basoda, Budhni, Ichhawar, and Khategaon spread across four districts of Raisen, Sehore, Dewas and Vidisha.
Except for the Assembly constituencies of Sanchi and Vidisha, which are in the bag of Congress, rest of the six seats are being held by BJP. The high-profile constituency was represented by party stalwarts like former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1991, Sushma Swaraj in 2009 and 2014, and former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.