It was for the first time since former Chhattisgarh CM and Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) founder Ajit Jogi won the seat in 2001 that no member of his family was in the fray.
Khairagarh MLA Devwrat Singh says JCC future appears bleak after the death of Ajit Jogi, who wanted to merge it with Congress. But party chief Amit Jogi calls Singh an opportunist.
Amit Jogi, son of late Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi, had filed his nomination for Marwahi bypoll but it was rejected after a probe committee cancelled his tribal caste certificate calling it fake.
The Dalit and tribal-dominated seat has been with former CM Ajit Jogi & his family for 5 consecutive terms. A bypoll, necessitated after his death in May, is due.
Ajit Jogi liked telling tales about ‘Diggy raja’, whom he loved to hate, but couldn't achieve much in MP politics. Luck finally smiled on him with Chhattisgarh's creation in 2000.
The case was registered following a complaint by BJP leader Sameera Paikra who claimed that Ajit Jogi had allegedly obtained a fake caste certificate in 1967.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
COMMENTS