Summary:
State BJP chief Rakesh Singh, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha were directly in touch with the rebel candidates on Wednesday.While most BJP rebels gave in after the party elders stepped-in some still proved a headache for the party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hit the poll campaign from November 16 while, BJP president Amit Shah is reaching Indore district on Thursday to begin his poll meetings, he said. BHOPAL/INDORE: Senior BJP leaders, including the party nation vice-president and in-charge of party affairs in the state along with the RSS volunteers tried to pacify the rebels from the different constituencies, who had filed their papers either as independents or on other party tickets. Among them were Sameeksha Gupta the former mayor from Gwalior who had filed her papers as an independent from Gwalior South seat.Former Madhya Pradesh minister Raghavji who filed his papers from Vidisha budged after a call last night from the BJP chief Amit Shah . Porwal is related to Vijayvargiya and would have embarrassed the BJP stalwart if he had stayed in the fray.This apart, BJP’s ticket-seeker from Rau Omprakash Yadav withdrew his papers and all local party leaders are united behind Mahadev (Madhu) Verma as he takes on Congress sitting MLA Jitu Patwari..