A 12 months after dropping energy in Madhya Pradesh, the Damoh by-poll win appears to have bolstered the sagging spirits of the Congress occasion in Madhya Pradesh whereas the BJP has brazenly blamed inside sabotage for the loss.
BJP’s Rahul Lodhi a Congress occasion turncoat has been defeated by Congress candidate Ajay Tandon by a margin of 17089 votes as counting concluded the late night on Sunday.
Lodhi who had converted to BJP final 12 months after defeating BJP’s Jayant Malaiya by 798 votes in the 2018 meeting polls, was livid after the defeat and got here down closely on Malaiya and his household.
Lodhi after the defeat chatting with the media squarely blamed former minister Jayant Malaiya and his son Siddharth for the loss saying those that have been accountable for city areas (Siddharth) appeared to be napping, it is a regular question. When requested particularly whom he was referring to, he named Jayant Malaiya and his son Siddharth saying the occasion even misplaced in their very own ward.
I search motion from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and occasion state head VD Sharma, stated Lodhi.
To add, Siddharth Malaiya was anticipated to insurgent towards the occasion forward of the polls however he was placated by the occasion senior leaders in the eleventh hour.
Though this win stays inconsequential in numbers in the MP meeting, the Congress occasion was greater than delighted to see Lodhi biting the mud. The MP Congress tweeted, “The truth prevailed, the dishonesty lost. The democracy won while gaddari lost,”
The occasion additionally took a swipe on Lodhi’s remarks in which he lashed at insiders saying some leaders name occasion their mom and nonetheless betray it. Lodhi appears to have lastly realised his mistake after the loss, claimed the Congress occasion.
MP chief Kamal Nath who tasted win in his native area tweeted, “Truth has finally prevailed. This result has started countdown of BJP in the state. The public has offered a befitting lesson to BJP’s thinking and policy of ‘Polls ahead of the public’.”
The BJP spokesperson Dr Hitesh Vajpayee chatting with the news18.com backed his candidate’s views on inside sabotage in the bypoll. “I have no qualms in saying that Kamal Nath and his three generations aren’t capable of defeating BJP in Damoh with 20,000 votes unless there is internal sabotage,” stated Dr Vajpayee claiming that it’s not doable that senior leaders’ usually are not conscious of causes behind the loss and their silence shouldn’t be taken as their ignorance.
These leaders will take a agency determination at an opportune second, he stated including loss in Damoh is a defeat handed by these from inside.
To add, Lodhi had abandoned the Congress occasion in the course of the mass exodus in the grand previous occasion. After initially reposing utmost religion in MPCC chief Kamal Nath and slamming those that have been leaving the occasion, Lodhi had all of a sudden at some point introduced to hitch Bharatiya Janata Party days forward of by-polls in the state final 12 months. Congress since then had handled Lodhi with titles like Bikau, gaddar, and jaichand.
Meanwhile, the BJP had unofficially determined to call him in bypolls however Lodhi’s entry hadn’t gone down properly with the previous finance minister Jayant Malaiya and his son Siddharth. The occasion excessive command nonetheless had managed to maintain the household in the occasion fold.
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