Lok Sabha polls 2019: BJP drops Union minister; names four new faces from Chhattisgarh in first list

Raipur | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

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Gomti Sai is the present of Jashpur zila panchayat . Baiduram Kashyap replaces Dinesh Kashyap, the sitting MP from Maoist affected Bastar region.Former minister Renuka Singh has been fielded to contest for the Surguja (ST) seat, which is at present being represented by Kamal Bhan Singh in the lok Sabha while Mohan Mandavi will contest for the Kanker (ST) seat. Vishnu Deo Sai is a former president of the state BJP.Baiduram Kashyap, a former legislator, has been nominated to contest for the Bastar (ST) seat where polling is scheduled to be held in the first phase of elections on April eight. However, the announcement had created resentment among a group of MPs, who felt that they had no role to play and almost remained ignored during the state’s BJP regime and now they were being subjected to “political experiment” by dropping all sitting MPs. RAIPUR: Dropping its sitting Members of Parliament , including union minister Visndhu Deo Sai Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday named its four candidates for the Lok Sabha elections from Chhattisgarh.As per the list announced by the BJP central election committee secretary J P Nadda at New Delhi, Union minister of state for steel and mines Vishnu Deo Sai has been replaced by Gomti Sai to contest for the Raigarh (ST) seat..