Bhojraj Nag on Tuesday filed nomination as BJP’s candidate from Antagarh Assembly constituency for the bypoll scheduled next month.
A large number of party workers led by BJP State president Dharamlal Kaushik, Member of Parliament from Kanker, Vikram Usendi, ministers including Brijmohan Agrawal, Prem Prakash Pandey and Kedar Kashyap participated in a procession taken out by Nag from Kamal Sadan here before filing his nomination papers .
Nag’s name was in the list of probable candidates forwarded by BJP State Election Committee to the party’s Central Election Committee.Nag is a senior leader and has been associated with the BJP and RSS since 1990 and has earlier served on the position of Sarpanch, Janpad Panchayat Chairman and Divisional President of the party.
He presently holds the position of District General Secretary North Bastar, Kanker and is also the member of Antagarh Zila Panchayat.The tribal reserved Antagarh constituency under North Bastar was won by Vikram Usendi in the Assembly elections. Usendi resigned after being elected to the lok Sabha from Kanker seat. Manturam Pawar is the Congress candidate from Antagarh.