Two Vyapam scam whistleblowers Dr Anand Rai and Ashish Chaturvedi are mulling to contest Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, scheduled for next month. They are currently seeking the opinion of their well-wishers on their political plan.
However, factually, the assembly polls in 2013 were held on the allegations of Vyapam scam, but the BJP was again elected to power.
Dr Anand Rai, known for exposing the Vyapam scam, admission and government recruitment scam, is considering contesting elections from Indore-5 assembly constituency. To change the condition, in which many big fishes are still out of the net, he said that he was considering contesting the assembly polls. Rai, who is seeking opinion of his well-wishers on social media, is presently posted in the government district hospital of Indore as a medical officer. Indore-5 assembly segment is currently represented by senior BJP leader and former minister Mahendra Hardia, who had won the seat by a margin of 14,418 votes in the 2013 assembly polls, by defeating his nearest Congress rival Pankaj Sanghvi.
Another Vyapam scam whistleblower, Ashish Chaturvedi is also consulting his well-wishers about fighting the polls from Gwalior (East) seat. "The Vyapam scam has affected the basic infrastructure like education, employment and health of the people in MP. I have shared my point of view with the investigating agencies and the government. But influential people are still out of the purview of the investigation. I want to take this issue to the voters," he said.
Senior BJP leader and Minister for Urban Administration Maya Singh had won the last assembly polls from Gwalior (East) area by defeating Congress rival Munnilal Goyal by a margin of 1,147 votes.