Leaders who have entered electoral politics in Madhya Pradesh, even after taking the decision to keep their distance, do not stick to it and they have been taking a U-turn. Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti, who made a distance from the elections in the last Lok Sabha elections, has recently announced to contest the elections once again, similarly Dr. Govind Singh, the senior most MLA of the Congress, said that after the formation of the Kamal Nath government, he will not contest the next assembly elections. Was. But now it is being said that if the party does not want to reduce one of its MLAs, then they will also contest the elections.
After Gopal Bhargava in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Dr. Govind Singh of the Congress is the senior most MLA who is representing Lahar Assembly seat in Bhind district for the seventh time. Among the MLAs for the seventh time, three others are from the BJP, Gaurishankar Bisen, Karan Singh Verma and Vijay Shah. When Dr. Govind Singh came after winning the elections in 2018 and became a minister in the Kamal Nath government, he had said that now he will not contest the next election. Dr. Singh is currently 71 years old and now in the changed circumstances, the Congress has started considering the leaders who will win each assembly seat. State Congress Committee vice-president Prakash Jain told that the party is considering to field Dr. Govind Singh from Lahar assembly seat.
Uma Bharti also recently announced to contest elections
It is not that Dr. Govind Singh is the only leader of Madhya Pradesh who after making up his mind to stay away from electoral politics will again enter the fray to contest elections, but recently BJP leader and former Chief Minister Uma Bharti has also done so. . Bharti has recently expressed her desire to contest elections. He said that he never announced that he would not contest the elections. Although Uma Bharti did not get a ticket in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and now after traveling to the Ganga, her activeness in politics has increased again.
Similar U turns were taken before
This is not the first time that the leaders, who have announced their distance from electoral politics after entering electoral politics, have not been satisfied with the decision. Former Chief Minister Babulal Gaur became MLA after winning the assembly elections ten times but in 2018 he kept trying till the last moment for the ticket. The party persuaded her and gave ticket to her daughter-in-law Krishna Gaur and she also became MLA from father-in-law’s seat.