Taking potshots at the Congress, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that the party has become “Ticket Badal Congress” from “Kapda Phaad Congress”.
Chouhan’s remarks came after the Congress replaced candidates for four assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh.
“When there was a political tussle related to tickets and people reached Kamal Nath, he said that if you have to tear clothes, then you should tear the clothes of Digvijaya Singh and Jaivardhan Singh, so then it became the Kapda Phaad Congress,” said Shivraj Singh.
“After that, Congress has become ‘Ticket Badal Congress’. In many places, candidates given tickets have been replaced. Congress’s condition is weird now. Let’s see what happens in the future,” he added.
On Wednesday, the Congress party replaced candidates in four assembly seats for the forthcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.
The four constituencies include the Sumawali seat in Morena district, the Pipariya (Scheduled Caste) seat in Narmadapuram district, the Badnagar seat in Ujjain district and the Jaora seat in Ratlam district.
The Congress has fielded Ajab Singh Kushwaha from the Sumawali seat in place of Kuldeep Sikarwar and Virendra Belvanshi from the Pipariya (SC) seat in place of Guru Charan Khare. Murli Morwal will fight from Badnagar seat in place of Rajendra Singh Solanki and Virender Singh Solanki has been fielded from Jaora seat in place of Himmat Shrimal.
There has been a tussle in the Congress party over the distribution of tickets.
Earlier, Kamal Nath made a scathing attack on Congress leader Divgijaya Singh.
When supporters of Veerendra Raghuvanshi gathered at Kamal Nath’s residence demanding a ticket for him, Kamal had said: “I still wish for Veerendra Raghuvanshi to get a ticket. I have left it to Digvijay Singh and Jayvardhan Singh, but there seems to be some misunderstanding. Now, you guys go and tear Digvijay Singh and Jayvardhan Singh’s clothes.”
In Madhya Pradesh, the assembly elections are scheduled to be held on November 17 and the vote counting will take place on December 3.
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Updated: 25 Oct 2023, 08:45 PM IST