Indore: Congress, which is out of the contest after its Indore candidate joined BJP, is appealing to voters to press the 'None of the Above' (NOTA) option, which the ruling party has termed as a negative strategy.
Akshay Kanti Bam, who was pitted against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani, shocked the grand old party on Monday, the last day for withdrawal of nominations, when he pulled out of the race and joined the saffron party. Went.
Voting will be held on May 13 in the fourth phase of general elections on Indore seat of Madhya Pradesh.
Indore voters had given a massive victory to BJP in the last municipal corporation and assembly elections. Despite this, the saffron party killed democracy by wrongly luring the Left.Senior Congress leader Shobha Ojha said on Thursday that voters should give a befitting reply to BJP by voting NOTA.
MP Congress chief Jitu Patwari had on Tuesday said his party will not support any candidate, adding that voters have the option of NOTA to punish the BJP.
Lalwani said that Congress leaders instigating voters to use NOTA shows that the main opposition party is resorting to negative tactics in the festival of democracy.
BJP has been on a winning streak in the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh for the last 3 years.
The largest constituency in the state in terms of voters is Indore, where there are 25.1 lakh eligible voters.BJP leaders have claimed that this time the party is aiming to win the Indore seat by a margin of 8 lakh votes.
During the 2019 elections, Lalwani defeated Congress's Pankaj Sanghvi by 5.4 lakh votes. Then NOTA had got 5,045 votes.
After withdrawal of nominations, 14 candidates including nine independents are left in the fray in Indore.
“The option of NOTA is not good for democracy. Voters will have to choose between the candidates,” said Abhay Jain, who is contesting as an independent.
Jain heads the Janhit Party formed by former RSS workers.The party has not yet received recognition from the Election Commission. Janhit Party is promising to free Indore from drugs, money and muscle power politics.
Akshay Kanti Bam, who was pitted against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani, shocked the grand old party on Monday, the last day for withdrawal of nominations, when he pulled out of the race and joined the saffron party. Went.
Voting will be held on May 13 in the fourth phase of general elections on Indore seat of Madhya Pradesh.
Indore voters had given a massive victory to BJP in the last municipal corporation and assembly elections. Despite this, the saffron party killed democracy by wrongly luring the Left.Senior Congress leader Shobha Ojha said on Thursday that voters should give a befitting reply to BJP by voting NOTA.
MP Congress chief Jitu Patwari had on Tuesday said his party will not support any candidate, adding that voters have the option of NOTA to punish the BJP.
Lalwani said that Congress leaders instigating voters to use NOTA shows that the main opposition party is resorting to negative tactics in the festival of democracy.
BJP has been on a winning streak in the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh for the last 3 years.
The largest constituency in the state in terms of voters is Indore, where there are 25.1 lakh eligible voters.BJP leaders have claimed that this time the party is aiming to win the Indore seat by a margin of 8 lakh votes.
During the 2019 elections, Lalwani defeated Congress's Pankaj Sanghvi by 5.4 lakh votes. Then NOTA had got 5,045 votes.
After withdrawal of nominations, 14 candidates including nine independents are left in the fray in Indore.
“The option of NOTA is not good for democracy. Voters will have to choose between the candidates,” said Abhay Jain, who is contesting as an independent.
Jain heads the Janhit Party formed by former RSS workers.The party has not yet received recognition from the Election Commission. Janhit Party is promising to free Indore from drugs, money and muscle power politics.
