BHOPAL: BJP announced candidates for Balaghat, Rajgarh and Khargone
Lok Sabha
seats on Friday, dropping two sitting MPs. It immediately faced dissent in Rajgarh, where sitting MP Roadmal Nagar was renominated despite opposition from local leaders, and in Balaghat, where Dhal Singh Bisen - an
Uma Bharti confidante - has been fielded.
The third seat is Khargone, where sitting MP Subhash Patel was replaced by Gajendra Patel, who heads BJP's STs Forum in the state. Sixty-eight-year-old Bisen, a former minister, is back from the cold. He was in the sidelines for the past six years after losing the Keolari seat to Congress by around 4,000 votes in the 2013 assembly polls.
"I am happy to witness this moment when the party has again shown confidence in me. I won assembly polls four times and wish to make a clean sweep in Balaghat. I have the support of both Gaurishankar Bisen and Bodh Singh. I'll meet them soon to discuss my campaign plan," Bisen told TOI.
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