The denial of Congress tickets for Madhya Pradesh Assembly led to the suicide by a hopeful, and locking of an Congress MP in the party office.
Narsingh Malaviya (40), who was under depression for the last one week after he was denied party ticket from Agar constituency in Shajapur district, committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence on Thursday morning. He was rushed to hospital in Ujjain in serious condition, where he succumbed. An office-bearer in the district party unit, Narsingh was staunch supporter of Congress MP Sajjan Singh Verma.
In another incident, Congress workers from Jawad Assembly constituency in Neemuch district bolted Meenakshi Natarajan, Congress MP from Mandsaur, in a room in the Neemuch district Congress office on Thursday, in protest against denial of ticket to Rajkumar Ahir. In the second list of Congress candidates, the party has fielded Raghuraj Chowriya from Neemuch Constituency.He had lost the last election by 20,000 votes.
The rebel Congress workers accused Natrajan and State election campaign head Jyotiraditya Scindia of being biased in distributing party tickets.
At the party office, Ahir told mediapersons that both Natrajan and Scindia conspired to deny him ticket. He also said that he would contest the election as an independent candidate, if his party fails to resolve the issue in next 24 hours.
A similar incident happened at the house of Congress Secretary Sundarlal Tiwari in Rewa. Congress workers lodged a protest against senior leader Digvijay Singh, as Sarika Singh was not given party ticket. The angry protestors shouted slogans against Digvijay Singh, who was also present there.