Summary:
BHOPAL: Congress has walked into a controversy by giving a ticket to Vyapam-accused Phundelal Singh Marko from Pushprajgarh constituency. Marko had beaten two-time BJP MLA Sudama Singh in 2013 to wrest Pushprajgarh for Congress despite the Narendra Modi wave.According to Vyapam scam whistleblower, Ashish Chaturvedi, Marko and his son were named as accused by state Special Task Force (STF). A week ago, it took in Vyapam-accused BJP leader Gulab Singh Kirar but made a U-turn as soon as some top leaders objected. The party’s defence — that it’s not Marko but his son who is an accused in the CBI case may not sound very convincing to voters, who have followed the twists and turns. He is the sitting Congress MLA, but eyebrows are raised at his renomination, considering that AICC chief Rahul Gandhi has been attacking the BJP government on the scam.Congress risks blunting its own campiagn theme and may find it difficult to speak credibly on Vyapam..