Bhopal, This is the story of two husbands, one a royal and the other the wife of one of the richest candidates, who plunged into the heat and dust of election campaigning in Madhya Pradesh to ensure that their husbands, belonging to rival parties, win the Lok Sabha. Are. Assembly elections.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's wife Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, who hails from a royal family, and Congress leader Nakul Nath's wife Priya Nath, one of the richest candidates, are braving the extreme heat and reaching out to people Are. Campaigning for your spouse.
She has been seen meeting vendors, singing bhajans, engaging in activities to attract common people, with one of them even entering a field to harvest crops, as her husband seeks victory in the election fray.
Sitting Chhindwara MP Nakul Nath declared assets worth Rs 697 crore in the poll affidavit this time, and topped the list of 475 Lok Sabha millionaire members in 2019.
His wife was recently seen harvesting crops in an agricultural field in Chaura under her husband's parliamentary seat.During the campaign, she reached Navegaon under Junnardev assembly constituency of Chhindwara parliamentary constituency and danced with rural women to the tune of devotional songs at a Bhagwat Katha pandal.
Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, who hails from the Gaekwad royal family of Vadodara, is taking to the streets of Guna constituency, from where her husband Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting the Lok Sabha elections, meeting voters at marquee places and telling people that Gwalior " “How much does Maharaj” (as the BJP leader is popularly called) care about them.
Addressing an event last week, Raje told a gathering that she has been watching Maharaj for the last 20 years and has seen that the people of Guna-Shivpuri-Ashoknagar region (three districts which are equivalent to Guna parliamentary seat) How much affection he has for me. ,
He said that during the Covid-19 crisis, he was worried every day that there should be no shortage of oxygen cylinders, tankers, medicines as well as food, water and other essential needs in hospitals for the people of Guna Lok Sabha constituency.
In Chhindwara, Priya Nath is trying to keep up the morale of her husband's supporters and is targeting her father-in-law Kamal Nath, a close aide who recently joined the BJP.
"Never give up.Wherever I go, my sisters tell me that sister, never worry, we are with you. I ask, is there any nervousness visible on my face? I am not worried, but I do feel sad for Papa Kamal Nath ji." He said in a meeting last week, "When the time came for his litmus test, they (turncoats) betrayed him."
"We're definitely sad because we accepted them as our family with all our hearts," he said.
Expressing confidence, Priya Nath also said that the people of Chhindwara and the Nat family have been together for 44 years and no power can break this relationship for 44 days (before the elections).
Senior journalist Shravani Sarkar of Bhopal said that there have been significant changes in the scenario of electoral politics in the last decade."Common voters are more aware of the issues and are clear about their preferences. They have also realized that lawmakers should truly be representative of the common people," he said.
The government claimed that voters no longer respected the elite the way they once did and wanted a "down to earth attitude".
He said that this time the election battle looks tough for both Nakul Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Sarkar said that Scindia is moving cautiously as he had to face defeat from Guna last time. Chhindwara has been the BJP's target in the last 4-5 years as it was the only seat that the saffron party failed to win in 2019.Veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath was elected from Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat nine times and his son Nakul Nath was the lone winner for the oldest party from M in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The Nath family won all elections from Chhindwara after 1980, except once in 1997 when Kamal Nath lost to former BJP chief minister Sunderlal Patwa.
This time Congress has again made Nakulnath its candidate.
Members of the Scindia family have won the Guna Lok Sabha seat 14 times, but the family faced defeat in 2019 when Jyotiraditya Scindia lost the election.
His father Madhavrao Scindia was elected from this seat four times, while his grandmother Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia won the seat six times between 1957 and 1998.
Was elected MP from Guna four times between 2002 and 2014.
In 2019, he contested the elections as a Congress candidate. This time he is contesting from BJP ticket.
Voting will be held in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Chhindwara on April 19 and in the third phase in Guna on May 7.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's wife Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, who hails from a royal family, and Congress leader Nakul Nath's wife Priya Nath, one of the richest candidates, are braving the extreme heat and reaching out to people Are. Campaigning for your spouse.
She has been seen meeting vendors, singing bhajans, engaging in activities to attract common people, with one of them even entering a field to harvest crops, as her husband seeks victory in the election fray.
Sitting Chhindwara MP Nakul Nath declared assets worth Rs 697 crore in the poll affidavit this time, and topped the list of 475 Lok Sabha millionaire members in 2019.
His wife was recently seen harvesting crops in an agricultural field in Chaura under her husband's parliamentary seat.During the campaign, she reached Navegaon under Junnardev assembly constituency of Chhindwara parliamentary constituency and danced with rural women to the tune of devotional songs at a Bhagwat Katha pandal.
Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, who hails from the Gaekwad royal family of Vadodara, is taking to the streets of Guna constituency, from where her husband Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting the Lok Sabha elections, meeting voters at marquee places and telling people that Gwalior " “How much does Maharaj” (as the BJP leader is popularly called) care about them.
Addressing an event last week, Raje told a gathering that she has been watching Maharaj for the last 20 years and has seen that the people of Guna-Shivpuri-Ashoknagar region (three districts which are equivalent to Guna parliamentary seat) How much affection he has for me. ,
He said that during the Covid-19 crisis, he was worried every day that there should be no shortage of oxygen cylinders, tankers, medicines as well as food, water and other essential needs in hospitals for the people of Guna Lok Sabha constituency.
In Chhindwara, Priya Nath is trying to keep up the morale of her husband's supporters and is targeting her father-in-law Kamal Nath, a close aide who recently joined the BJP.
"Never give up.Wherever I go, my sisters tell me that sister, never worry, we are with you. I ask, is there any nervousness visible on my face? I am not worried, but I do feel sad for Papa Kamal Nath ji." He said in a meeting last week, "When the time came for his litmus test, they (turncoats) betrayed him."
"We're definitely sad because we accepted them as our family with all our hearts," he said.
Expressing confidence, Priya Nath also said that the people of Chhindwara and the Nat family have been together for 44 years and no power can break this relationship for 44 days (before the elections).
Senior journalist Shravani Sarkar of Bhopal said that there have been significant changes in the scenario of electoral politics in the last decade."Common voters are more aware of the issues and are clear about their preferences. They have also realized that lawmakers should truly be representative of the common people," he said.
The government claimed that voters no longer respected the elite the way they once did and wanted a "down to earth attitude".
He said that this time the election battle looks tough for both Nakul Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Sarkar said that Scindia is moving cautiously as he had to face defeat from Guna last time. Chhindwara has been the BJP's target in the last 4-5 years as it was the only seat that the saffron party failed to win in 2019.Veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath was elected from Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat nine times and his son Nakul Nath was the lone winner for the oldest party from M in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The Nath family won all elections from Chhindwara after 1980, except once in 1997 when Kamal Nath lost to former BJP chief minister Sunderlal Patwa.
This time Congress has again made Nakulnath its candidate.
Members of the Scindia family have won the Guna Lok Sabha seat 14 times, but the family faced defeat in 2019 when Jyotiraditya Scindia lost the election.
His father Madhavrao Scindia was elected from this seat four times, while his grandmother Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia won the seat six times between 1957 and 1998.
Was elected MP from Guna four times between 2002 and 2014.
In 2019, he contested the elections as a Congress candidate. This time he is contesting from BJP ticket.
Voting will be held in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Chhindwara on April 19 and in the third phase in Guna on May 7.
