Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has claimed that the outcome of the Bihar Assembly polls would not affect the November 21 bypolls in Madhya Pradesh.
Notably, Congress leaders have been alleging that the Bihar results would have impact on the bypolls in Ratlam-Jhabua lok Sabha and Dewas Assembly seats.
While talking to mediapersons in Indore, Tomar said, “Bihar election results will have no impact on these two by-elections as the two States are different in nature and in Madhya Pradesh, BJP has a very strong base.”
The Steel and Mines Minister also attacked Congress candidate from Ratlam-Jhabua lok Sabha seat Kantilal Bhuria, alleging that he failed to do any development in the constituency in his capacity as the union minister in the earlier Congress-led Government.
In February 2008, the foundation for Indore-Dahod rail line was laid when he was the Union Minister but he failed to give a momentum to the ambitious project after that. Tomar claimed that BJP will retain Ratlam-Jhabua seat as people will not be "misled" by Congress and that they are aware of its past record.
While Congress has fielded former Union Minister Kantilal Bhuria from Ratlam-Jhabua seat, BJP has given ticket to sitting MlA from Petlawad, Nirmala Bhuria, the daughter of late Dileep Singh Bhuria, who had won the last lok Sabha poll from the seat.
Dileep Singh's death necessitated the bypoll. BJP, in an apparent attempt to cash in on the sympathy factor, have fielded his daughter from the seat.