Sidhi MLA Kedarnath Shukla
Bharatiya Janata Party has today released the second list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. The names of a total of 39 candidates are included in the second list released on Monday. In the second list, BJP has fielded a total of seven MPs including three Union Ministers. At the same time, tickets of three sitting MLAs have been cut, including the name of Kedarnath Shukla.
Kedarnath Shukla is an MLA from Sidhi assembly seat of Madhya Pradesh. Kedarnath’s name had cropped up in the direct urination scandal. It is said that Pravesh Shukla, accused in the direct urination case, is close to Kedarnath Shukla. Now BJP has canceled the ticket of Kedarnath Shukla and made Reeti Pathak its candidate on the direct seat, who is the Lok Sabha MP from this seat.
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According to political analysts, BJP has tried to do damage control on the direct seat by cutting the ticket of Kedarnath Shukla. Because after the name of Kedarnath Shukla cropped up in the urination scandal, the opposition has been continuously attacking BJP. In such a situation, BJP has tried to capitalize on the resentment among the public by canceling the Kedarnath ticket. However, only time will tell how much benefit it will provide.
The name was associated with the accused in the direct urination case.
In fact, Pravesh Shukla, accused in the direct urination scandal, was said to be a BJP leader. The opposition had claimed that he had also been a former representative of local MLA Kedarnath Shukla. Former CM Kamal Nath himself had said that the allegation is that the person urinating is associated with BJP. This incident has put the entire Madhya Pradesh to shame. However, Kedarnath rejected all the allegations and said that Pravesh Shukla is neither a BJP official nor has he been my MLA representative.
Kedarnath Shukla is MLA three times
Kedarnath Shukla is counted among the powerful leaders of BJP in Sidhi. Kedarnath Shukla has been MLA for three consecutive terms. In the 2018 assembly elections, he won by defeating Congress candidate Kamleshwar Prasad Dwivedi by about 20 thousand votes.
The names of two more MLAs whose tickets have been cut include Narayan Tripathi and Jalam Patel. Narayan Tripathi is the current MLA from Maihar assembly seat. BJP has given ticket to Shrikant Chaturvedi in place of Tripathi. It is said that Tripathi was continuously working against the party for some time, after which BJP has canceled his ticket.
Jalam Patel’s ticket also canceled
While Jalam Patel is BJP MLA from Narsinghpur. Along with this, he is also the brother of Union Minister Prahlad Patel. BJP has now fielded Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel in place of Jalam Patel. Prahlad Singh Patel, who is an MP from Damoh Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh and a minister in the Modi government. After the cancellation of his brother’s ticket, the entire responsibility of winning the Narsinghpur seat has now fallen on Prahlad Singh Patel.
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