Will MP have a hung house?

BHOPAL: Will Madhya Pradesh have a hung assembly for the first time in its history after the November 27 assembly elections in the state? This question is being asked in political circles in the state following the emergence of regional parties in the state  and rebels from both the BJP and the Congress getting a place in Uma Bharti’s Bharatiya Janashakti Party.

Spokesmen for both the BJP and Congress, however, strongly deny any possibility and maintain that the two-party system will continue to exist in the state even after the assembly elections.

State BJP Spokesman Uma Shankar Gupta and his Congress counterpart Manak Agarwal both claimed that their respective parties would succeed in forming the next government in the state.

The two said whatever anyone else might say, barring Congress and BJP, no other political party would have any significant influence in the state.

Disputing the claims, Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded candidates in all the 230 constituencies, Samajwadi party in 225 constituencies, Uma Bharti’s Bharatiya Janshakti Party in around 215 constituencies and Samanata Dal in 75 constituencies.