A battery of senior MP BJP leaders, including three ministers, has been tasked by the leadership to coordinate Maharashtra polls related activities in regions bordering MP. While cabinet minister and BJP ex-national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has been entrusted the critical Nagpur cluster, former Union minister and present MP minister Prahlad Patel will oversee Wardha-Amravati region, while young Vishvas Sarang (on MP Congress target for alleged nursing colleges scam) has been tasked with affairs of Akola-Buldhana. Besides, ex MP home minister Narottam Mishra is given Bhandara-Gondia region.
Two new districts in the offing
Two more districts may come up in MP, which got three new districts ahead of assembly polls last year. These two new districts could include Bina, to be carved out of Sagar district in Bundelkhand region, and Junnardeo, cut out of Chhindwara district. According to official sources, the announcement of the new Bina district may just come in the next few days, while the creation of a separate Junnardeo district may take a while. Both Bina (emerging key industrial base) and Junnardeo (housing large coal reserves) have significant population of migrants.
Viral video raises queries on Sagar LS poll results
Guddu Raja Bundela, the Congress candidate who lost the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Sagar seat has demanded that the Election Commission (EC) declare the election of first-time BJP MP Lata Wankhede void, following a viral video where a BJP worker is purportedly heard telling Wankhede that he has polled 15 bogus votes in her favour. In the same video, another worker can be heard telling the MP that they didn’t allow the Congress polling agents to work on 13 polling booths. Alleging that the video exposes malpractices perpetrated by the BJP, he requested the EC to declare the election void. the EC to declare the election void.
Anuraag Singh
Our correspondent in Madhya Pradesh
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