As per the initial trends, BJP is leading in more than 14 seats, clearly shattering Kamal Nath's dream of returning to power in Madhya Pradesh.
Counting for the by-elections for the 28 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh is underway and the results will arrive on today (Tuesday). This by-election is important for the BJP's Shivraj Singh Chauhan government as well as the Congress.
For the 230-member assembly, if the Shivraj government is to remain in power, they will have to win at least 9 seats, while the Congress will have to win all 28 seats to return back to power. As per the initial trends, BJP is leading in more than 14 seats. In such a situation, Kamal Nath's dream of returning to power in Madhya Pradesh seems to be incomplete.
It may be recalled that BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress in March this year and joined the BJP. Along with him, 22 Congress MLAs also left the Kamal Nath government. They all resigned from the membership of the assembly and joined the BJP. The Congress government in the state was reduced to a minority and Shivraj became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for the fourth time. When the BJP came to power, Scindia ensured ministerial berths in the Shivraj government for the leaders who supported him. A total of 11 leaders of the Jyotiraditya Scindia camp became ministers in the Shivraj government.
Here is how the leaders of the Scindia camp are doing in the by-elections:
- Tulsiram Silawat of BJP is leading ahead from Sanwer, Premchand Guddu of Congress is behind
- Govind Singh Rajput of BJP is leading from Surkhi, Parul Sahu of Congress is behind
- Imarti Devi of BJP is leading ahead from Dabra, Suresh Raje of Congress is behind
- Pradyuman Singh Tomar of BJP is ahead from Gwalior, Sunil Sharma of Congress is behind
- BJP's Prabhuram Chaudhary is ahead from Sanchi, Congress' Madanlal Chaudhary is behind
- BJP's Omprakash Singh Bhadauria is trailing from Mehgaon, Congress' Hemant Katare ahead
- BJP's Girraj Dandautia is trailing from Dimani, Congress' Ravindra Singh Tomar ahead
- Suresh Dhakad of BJP is trailing from Pohri, Kailash Kushwaha of BSP ahead
- Rajyavardhan Singh of BJP is leading from Badnavar, Congress' Kamal Patel is behind
- Brijendra Singh Yadav of BJP is leading from Mungawali, Kanai Ram Lodhi of Congress is behind
- Mahendra Singh Sisodia of BJP is leading from Bamouri, Kanhaiyalal Agrawal of Congress is behind
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