Lok Sabha MP from Durg, Tamradhwaj Sahu filed nomination from Durg (Rural) Assembly constituency on Friday.
Chhattisgarh In-charge of All India Congress Committee, P.L. Punia and Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupesh Baghel were present on the occasion.
Notably, at the last minute, the Congress party had revised the name of candidate from Durg (Rural) constituency and in place of earlier declared candidate, Pratima Chandrakar, it decided to field Tamradhwaj Sahu.
Sahu is also National President of AICC’s Other Backward Caste Wing and also a front-runner for Chief Ministerial post if OBC card is played. Commenting on revision of name of candidate from the constituency, he told media persons that he was not allotted ticket to woo a particular community but was given the party ticket looking at the equation after Bharatiya Janata Party’s nomination for the constituency.