Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Congress pins hopes on experienced leaders including former CM Bhupesh Baghel in Chhattisgarh
The Hindu
The Congress in Chhattisgarh has pinned its hopes on experienced leaders for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as its first list of six candidates included former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, two former State Ministers and a sitting MP. The party released its first list of 39 candidates nationwide on March 8.
The Congress in Chhattisgarh has pinned its hopes on experienced leaders for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as its first list of six candidates included former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, two former State Ministers and a sitting MP. The party released its first list of 39 candidates nationwide on March 8.
In Chhattisgarh, where it lost power to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last year's Assembly polls, the Congress announced candidates for six out of 11 Lok Sabha seats. Four of them are from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and one belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community.
Besides Mr. Baghel (Rajnandgaon seat), the Congress has fielded Vikas Upadhyay (Raipur), Tamradhwaj Sahu (Mahasamund), Shivkumar Dahariya (Janjgir-Champa), Jyotsana Mahant (Korba), and Rajendra Sahu (Durg).
Mr. Baghel (62), the foremost leader of the party in the State, is a Kurmi which is an influential OBC community, and a sitting MLA. A six-term MLA, he had unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections from Raipur in 2009 and from Durg in 2004.
Tamradhwaj Sahu and Shivkumar Dahariya served as Ministers in the previous Baghel-led State government. But both lost the last Assembly polls.
Tamradhwaj Sahu will contest from Mahasamund, which is dominated by the numerically strong Sahu community. A four-term MLA, Mr. Sahu was elected to the Lok Sabha from Durg seat in 2014.
Dahariya, an influential SC leader, will contest from Janjgir-Champa, reserved for SC candidates. He had been an MLA thrice.
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