Guna: congress Union minister and BJP candidate from Guna Lok Sabha seat is coming to an end, like a ‘termite’ gnawing on itself Jyotiraditya Scindia explain. Congress is ideologically bankrupt and no one wants to continue. Speaking to PTI, Scindia said that while the party is yet to field candidates in many seats, some of its nominees have withdrawn from the race.
The scion of the former royal family of Gwalior severed his 18-year association with the Congress party in 2020 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Scindia quit along with 22 Congress MPs loyal to him in a coordinated rebellion that led to the collapse of the then 15-month-old Kamal Nath-led government in Madhya Pradesh and the BJP returned to power in the state.
Scindia lashed out at the Congress party’s allegation that the BJP would amend the constitution if it returns to power and said the party that imposed Emergency in the country is now teaching a lesson to the constitution.
“The Congress party is bankrupt in terms of ideology, human resources… No one wants to stay in the Congress party. There is no honor or respect for anyone in the party,” Scindia said, traveling from Guna to Shiv during a busy campaign. Puri told Press Trust of India en route.
“The party that used Article 356 (imposition of presidential rule) 91 times to dissolve the elected government, the party that the Prime Minister changed the Chief Minister before leaving for Andhra Pradesh, the party that imposed Emergency in the country is now teaching us a lesson about the Constitution.
“The party that defeated its own candidate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in the elections is preaching to the nation on Dalits and the Constitution, it should look at its past record. The Constitution is a classic of the BJP, PM Modi has clarified that no one has the courage to change the constitution,” he added.
On April 30, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Binder, Madhya Pradesh, claimed that if the BJP returns to power at the Center, it will “tear up” and “throw away” the benefits granted to the poor, Dalits Constitutional rights of castes and other backward classes.
Scindia claimed that the Congress is about to end.
“It was not clear (until Friday) who the candidates were for Amethi and Rae Bareli. (Congress) candidates from Indore and Surat Lok Sabha seats have withdrawn from the race. Many seats have no candidates, while many others There are candidates on the seats who are yet to declare and the Congress is now winding down like a termite that is gnawing on itself,” he said.
Congress on Friday announced that Rahul Gandhi will contest from the Rae Bareli seat held by his mother Sonia Gandhi for the past two decades, While Kishori Lal Sharma, a close aide of the Gandhi family, has got his candidature from Amethi.
Asked about the drop in voter turnout in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections compared to 2019, Scindia said the lotus (the popular symbol of the BJP) will bloom in all 29 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh because people Full confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout rate in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections was 66.14% and the voter turnout rate in the second phase was 66.71%.
In 2019, the voting rate in the first phase was 69.43% and the voting rate in the second phase was 69.64%.
Scindia is contesting the polls from the Guna seat for the sixth time. He has won four of the last five elections but lost to sitting BJP MP and his former close friend KP Yadav in 2019. Lok Sabha polls. Yadav defeated Scindia by a margin of over 1.25 lakh votes.
This is the first time in his political career that Scindia (53) is contesting as a BJP candidate from Guna, after the party was represented by his late father Madhavrao Scindia and late grandmother Vijayaraje Scindia.
The Union Civil Aviation Minister is contesting against Congress MP Rao Yadvendra Singh. Guna will contest the third phase of Lok Sabha polls on May 7.
Interestingly, Scindia and his father became Congress candidates from Guna in both the 1999 general election and the 2002 Lok Sabha by-election, defeating Singh’s late father Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav.
The Guna Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight seats: Shivpuri, Kolaras, Pichhore, Bamori, Guna (SC), Ashok Nagar (SC), Chanderi and Mungaoli spread over three constituencies (Guna, Ashoknagar and Shivpuri).
In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP won 6 seats and the Congress won 2 seats.
Guna has 18,83,202 voters, including 9,80,683 males, 9,02,471 females and 48 persons of the third gender.
The scion of the former royal family of Gwalior severed his 18-year association with the Congress party in 2020 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Scindia quit along with 22 Congress MPs loyal to him in a coordinated rebellion that led to the collapse of the then 15-month-old Kamal Nath-led government in Madhya Pradesh and the BJP returned to power in the state.
Scindia lashed out at the Congress party’s allegation that the BJP would amend the constitution if it returns to power and said the party that imposed Emergency in the country is now teaching a lesson to the constitution.
“The Congress party is bankrupt in terms of ideology, human resources… No one wants to stay in the Congress party. There is no honor or respect for anyone in the party,” Scindia said, traveling from Guna to Shiv during a busy campaign. Puri told Press Trust of India en route.
“The party that used Article 356 (imposition of presidential rule) 91 times to dissolve the elected government, the party that the Prime Minister changed the Chief Minister before leaving for Andhra Pradesh, the party that imposed Emergency in the country is now teaching us a lesson about the Constitution.
“The party that defeated its own candidate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in the elections is preaching to the nation on Dalits and the Constitution, it should look at its past record. The Constitution is a classic of the BJP, PM Modi has clarified that no one has the courage to change the constitution,” he added.
On April 30, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Binder, Madhya Pradesh, claimed that if the BJP returns to power at the Center, it will “tear up” and “throw away” the benefits granted to the poor, Dalits Constitutional rights of castes and other backward classes.
Scindia claimed that the Congress is about to end.
“It was not clear (until Friday) who the candidates were for Amethi and Rae Bareli. (Congress) candidates from Indore and Surat Lok Sabha seats have withdrawn from the race. Many seats have no candidates, while many others There are candidates on the seats who are yet to declare and the Congress is now winding down like a termite that is gnawing on itself,” he said.
Congress on Friday announced that Rahul Gandhi will contest from the Rae Bareli seat held by his mother Sonia Gandhi for the past two decades, While Kishori Lal Sharma, a close aide of the Gandhi family, has got his candidature from Amethi.
Asked about the drop in voter turnout in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections compared to 2019, Scindia said the lotus (the popular symbol of the BJP) will bloom in all 29 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh because people Full confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout rate in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections was 66.14% and the voter turnout rate in the second phase was 66.71%.
In 2019, the voting rate in the first phase was 69.43% and the voting rate in the second phase was 69.64%.
Scindia is contesting the polls from the Guna seat for the sixth time. He has won four of the last five elections but lost to sitting BJP MP and his former close friend KP Yadav in 2019. Lok Sabha polls. Yadav defeated Scindia by a margin of over 1.25 lakh votes.
This is the first time in his political career that Scindia (53) is contesting as a BJP candidate from Guna, after the party was represented by his late father Madhavrao Scindia and late grandmother Vijayaraje Scindia.
The Union Civil Aviation Minister is contesting against Congress MP Rao Yadvendra Singh. Guna will contest the third phase of Lok Sabha polls on May 7.
Interestingly, Scindia and his father became Congress candidates from Guna in both the 1999 general election and the 2002 Lok Sabha by-election, defeating Singh’s late father Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav.
The Guna Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight seats: Shivpuri, Kolaras, Pichhore, Bamori, Guna (SC), Ashok Nagar (SC), Chanderi and Mungaoli spread over three constituencies (Guna, Ashoknagar and Shivpuri).
In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP won 6 seats and the Congress won 2 seats.
Guna has 18,83,202 voters, including 9,80,683 males, 9,02,471 females and 48 persons of the third gender.
