Though the BJP is yet to decide the candidate, opposition against the candidature of sitting MP Madhusudan Yadav, who is known as very close to Chief Minister Raman Singh, from Rajnandgaon, has kick-started. Senior leaders of Rajnandgaon-Kawardha district unanimously have advocated for giving ticket to a new face from the seat, in place of Madhusudan Yadav.
Several prominent leaders of the district on Saturday met the Chief Minister and apprised him of their feelings. In the last election, Yadav was given ticket, despite of opposition from many big leaders. At that time, big leaders like former minister leelaram Bhojwani, Khoobchand Parakh, Ashok Sharma were strong claimants of the ticket, but Yadav was given ticket because of the intervention of the Chief Minister and he won the election with huge margin.
However, this time, his way will not be so easy, because of the opposition of big leaders of the party. Bundle of complaints against the BJP MP has already been sent to the Chief Minister. Chairman of Kawardha Municipality Santosh Gupta said that party office-bearers were unhappy with Yadav. Many types of complaints have been made against him. leaders here wanted to field a new face here. According to party leaders, by fielding Yadav, the party might be in loss. Out of the six assembly seats of Rajnandgaon, only two seats – Rajnandgaon and Dongargarh - are with the BJP. The remaining seats are under the Congress custody.
MP Yadav is being made responsible for the bad performance of the party in the district. At present, the whole organization of Rajnandgaon and Kawardha districts is against Yadav. Workers from both the districts in large number are reaching the state capital and demanding not to make the sitting MP candidate from the seat. On Saturday also, several party workers met the chief minister and opposed the candidature of Yadav.
The leader opposing Yadav accused him of patronizing sand mafia. The state election committee will meet on Monday. Before that, the officers and leaders of both the districts are preparing to demand a new face in place of Madhusudan Yadav.