BJP high command wants Scindia to Contest Assembly polls
There is considerable pressure on Union Cabinet Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to contest for the Assembly polls particularly after his aunt and four-time sitting MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia opting out of the race. Ever since she had written to the BJP expressing her unwillingness to contest the upcoming assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, citing pressing health reasons due to Covid, speculation about her nephew's Vidhan Sabha debut has gained ground.
Yashodhara Raje Scindia has been infected with COVID-19 four times since the pandemic began.
It transpires that the BJP high command wants that all heavyweights in Madhya Pradesh should contest the Assembly polls to ensure that the party gets a clear majority. The BJP has announced 136 candidates out of 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh so far. The list of 136 candidates include seven Members of Parliament including three Union Ministers like Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel. The high command wants Scindia to cintet either from his aunt's Shivpuri seat or any of the two other seats in Guna -- Bamori or Kolaras. These three assembly segments are part of Scindia's erstwhile Lok Sabha seat Guna, which he lost as sitting Congress MP to BJP's Dr KP Yadav in the 2019 general elections.
The BJP is putting its best foot forward as several internal surveys had predicted that the party is lagging behind the Congress. Though the AAP, BSP and GGP and other smaller parties are damaging the Congress in the Assembly polls. But BJP doesn't want to take any chances and may field more senior leaders in this bitter battle.
But Scindia is not keen as Congress is targeting him for bringing down the Kamal Nath government. The last list of the BJP's remaining candidates will be declared on October 15 say these sources.
