The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh announced its candidates for the Ater and Bandhavgarh Assembly constituencies of the state that go for by-poll on April 9, while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finalized the names for both the constituencies and forwarded it to Central Election Committee of the party for final approval.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Madhusudan Mistry told the media persons on Wednesday that with the consent of AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi the name of Hemant Katare has been finalized for Ater assembly constituency while the name of Savitri Singh has been finalized for Bandhavgarh assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, the meeting of BJP state election committee was held here on Wednesday at party’s state headquarters Pundit Deendayal Upadhyaya campus. Party’s state president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan informed the media persons that the name of Arvind Bhadoriya has been finalized for the Ater assembly constituency of Bhind district while the name of Shivnarayan Singh has been finalized for the Bandhavgarh assembly constituency of Shahdol district.
Both the names have been forwarded to the Central Election Committee for final approval, he added.
The BJP state election committee meet was attended by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, former chief minister and former MP Kailash Joshi, state organizational general secretary Suhas Bhagat, Krishnamurari Moghe, Ramkrishna Kusmariya, Phaggan Singh Kulaste and lata Elkar.
Notably, the by-poll for Ater and Bandhavgarh assembly constituencies of the state would be held on April 9 and Counting of votes will take place on April 13. The by-poll to Ater seat in Bhind district was necessitated after the death of sitting Congress MlA Satyadev Katare on October 21, 2016, whereas the by-poll for Bandhavgarh (ST) in Umaria district necessitated because the seat fell vacant after sitting BJP MP Gyan Singh won the lok Sabha by-poll from Shahdol, in November last year.