Summary:
Therefore, it will need strong winnable candidates so that its tally from the state doesn't get affected. "Besides, the high command has indicated that it won't repeat 50% of the candidates who had taken the party's tally to 71. "While the party is preparing a plan to mix emotive issues with a development agenda to go to the voters, it will keep its focus on strong candidates who can deliver," says an analyst. But the SP-BSP combine snatched it away in the bypoll early this year when the BJP had fielded a candidate from outside, Goraksh Peeth, after 33 years. Senior cabinet ministers like Satish Mahana, S P Sahi, Dara Singh Chauhan, S P S Baghel, and also Speaker Hriday Narain Dikshit are some of those who might be seen contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, they say, adding "many of them have been sounded"..