Congress has declared former minister Rajkumar Patel as its candidate in Budhni Assembly by-election of Madhya Pradesh and Mukesh Malhotra in Vijaypur. The central organization of Congress informed about this. In the information issued by the Congress high command, the list of names of candidates for the by-elections to be held in MP and Assam was released. Let us tell you that earlier on Saturday, BJP had also announced the names of its candidates from these two seats. The work of filing nomination papers has started in both these constituencies and voting will take place on November 13.
Earlier he was with BSP, now he joined hands with Congress.
Mukesh Malhotra is considered to have great influence among the tribals and he was contesting on the Bahujan Samaj Party ticket in the 2023 assembly elections. Then he was at number three. At that time, Ramniwas Rawat had won on Congress ticket, who has now joined BJP and BJP has declared him as its candidate.
Congress will face competition from close to maternal uncle in Budhni
In Budhni, former minister Shri Patel will face BJP’s Ramakant Bhargava, who is considered close to former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and has also been an MP from Vidisha. By-election is being held in Budhni due to resignation of Shri Chouhan from the post of MLA after becoming MP.
