Bangre made news last year for her legal battle with Madhya Pradesh govt to get her resignation accepted. Now, she hopes for justice from BJP, asks it to 'take her back into govt service'.
Congress’s campaigns in MP and Rajasthan were led by Kamal Nath and Ashok Gehlot. In Chhattisgarh, TS Singhdeo lost his own seat by a mere 94 votes, and Congress lost the state too.
Congress's inability to expand its base while BJP does so, relative absence of Hindutva in campaigns & Congress still being unable to match BJP in direct contest are among key takeaways.
Out of 113 ST reserved seats in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh & Telangana, Congress won 47 while BJP tallied 58. Bharatiya Adivasi Party failed to make major impact in Rajasthan.
In 2018, Congress won Rajasthan & Chhattisgarh, & emerged as single-largest party in Madhya Pradesh. However, rebellion by Jyotiraditya Scindia allowed BJP to form govt in MP in 2020.
The union minister beat his closest rival, BSP's Balveer Singh Dandotiya, by a margin of 24,461 votes. Sitting Congress MLA Ravindra Tomar came a distant third.
By evening, BJP had won 43 of MP's 230 seats, with a lead in 122 others. Congress, which emerged as the single-largest player in 2018, had won 11 and was leading in 53.
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