The BJP on Thursday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly election. Among the 29 names on the BJP's list is Dhruv Narayan Singh, who was denied a ticket by the party in the last two Assembly polls.
Dhruv Narayan Singh was not given a ticket in 2013 after his name cropped up in RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder case
Dhruv Narayan Singh, who is the son of former Chief Minister Govind Narayan Singh, represented the Bhopal Madhya seat as MLA from 2008-13. He faced a political setback after the death of Shehla, who was shot point-blank range outside her house on August 16, 2011.
The case was probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The initial probe revealed that Dhruv Narayan was the key reason behind the murder as the killer, identified as Zahida, had an extramarital affair with the BJP leader. She allegedly blamed Shehla because of the growing distance between them.
Meanwhile, Shehla’s brother, Rajil Zaidi, has expressed shock at Dhruv Narayan Singh being given ticket by the BJP.
“This is shocking and not justified. Why did the BJP cut his ticket in 2013 and 2018 if they eventually had to give it to him 2023?” said Shehla’s brother Rajil.
BJP'S CANDIDATE FOR MADHYA PRADESH POLLS
Five women candidates were named in the first list of 39 candidates released by the Bharatiya Janata Party for Madhya Pradesh polls.
In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has fielded Sarla Vijendra Rawat from Sabalgarh, Priyanka Meena from Chachaoura, Lalita Yadav from Chhatarpur, Anchal Sonkar from Jabalpur Purba (SC), Nirmala Bhuriya from Petlawad, Bhanu Bhuriya from Jhabua (ST), Alok Sharma from Bhopal Uttar and Dhruv Narayan Singh from Bhopal Madhya, among others.
The first list is concentrated on those seats that the party sees itself as weak in, sources said.
The election to the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly and 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly is scheduled to take place in the upcoming months.
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