Congress candidate laxman Singh, who is pitted against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart leader of Opposition in lok Sabha and outgoing MP Sushma Swaraj from politically significant Vidisha lok Sabha constituency, would submit his nomination papers on April 4.
Singh, the younger brother of Congress General Secretary and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh, informed this while addressing the Congress workers at his home town Raghogarh on Saturday. He said his elder brother Digvijaya Singh would also be present during the filing of papers.
Polling for Vidisha seat would be held on April 24 the third and final phase of polling in Madhya Pradesh. Filing of nomination papers would begin on March 29 as soon as the notification would be issued. laxman Singh is hopeful of a win over Swaraj. He said that people are angry with Swaraj and that they need a change and that the Congress party will provide them the same.
laxman said that there was no question of his being afraid of his BJP opponent. “I love overcoming challenges and I am very hopeful that I will win,” he said adding he had full faith in Congress workers from the constituency who would work towards it. Earlier also, laxman has defeated BJP biggies like Pyarelal Khandelwal and Kailash Joshi in elections.
He thanked the Congress leadership for having faith in him and giving him an opportunity to contest from Vidisha. Vidisha is not a new place for me. In fact, Sushma has not visited the constituency often after winning from there in 2009, he said.
leader of Opposition in lok Sabha, Sushma secured easy win after she contested for the first time from Vidisha in 2009 when Congress nominee Rajkumar Patel's nomination papers had been rejected on some grounds.