The Congress has nominated Ashok Singh as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh. However, there’s a rising query inside the Congress and the political circles of Madhya Pradesh relating to the choice to pick Ashok Singh regardless of a number of influential leaders of the Madhya Pradesh Congress. Despite his going through defeat within the Lok Sabha elections thrice, the Congress agreed on the title of Ashok Singh.Â
Ashok Singh contested the final three Lok Sabha polls in opposition to the BJP unsuccessfully- in 2009, in 2014 and in 2019. Despite these three consecutive defeats, Congress has nominated him as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha. Singh who is alleged to have some command over voters within the Gwalior-Chambal area has been a vocal critic of Jyotiraditya Scindia who left Congress to hitch the BJP.
Ashok Singh was chosen over Rahul Gandhi’s decide Meenakshi Natarajan. Other candidates who have been within the fray have been Arun Yadav and Kamleshwar Patel. Singh, hailing from Gwalior, is primarily acknowledged as an in depth affiliate of Digvijaya Singh.
After an intensive tenure because the State Treasurer of the Pradesh Congress, Singh has participated in 4 Lok Sabha elections from Gwalior. His first political appointment got here in the course of the Kamal Nath authorities when he was made the Apex Bank administrator. Ashok Singh stands out amongst Pradesh Congress leaders for fostering pleasant relations with all celebration members. His father, Rajendra Singh, entered the political enviornment in 1971, finally changing into a legislator and serving because the Public Works Minister within the Shyama Charan Shukla cupboard.
However, what distinguished him was his constant opposition, described as “pathological,” in direction of the previous celebration insider Jyotiraditya Scindia. He has typically mentioned that opposition to Scindia is in his DNA. This specific side of his political stance seems to have performed an important function, particularly contemplating the celebration’s efforts to reconstruct its presence within the Gwalior-Chambal area following Scindia’s departure and the defeat of distinguished leaders within the latest meeting elections. Additionally, his OBC standing additional strengthened his candidacy.
