BHEL netas keen to take on Babulal Gaur

  • | Friday | 19th October, 2018

In 1998, Gaur won 52.7% votes while Karnail Singh bagged 44.8% - the highest by any opponent against Gaur since 1977. If Congress wants to topple Gaur, then they must give tickets to BHEL staff," said trade union leader Deepak Gupta. But for the BHEL trade union leaders. He never looked back.Since 1980, there were two occasions when Gaur faced a tough fight from trade union leaders. "BHEL employees gave a tough fight to Gaur both the times they contested.

BHOPAL: BHEL trade union leaders are suddenly showing interest in contesting Govindpura - the bastion of former CM Babulal Gaur - on a Congress ticket.For close to four decades, Gaur, now 88, has had complete sway over the electorate of the area - notching up 10 wins on the trot. In 2013, he trounced Govind Goyal of Congress by a whopping 70,644 votes.Not many know the invincible Gaur - once a BHEL trade union leader - had lost his first election from Govindpura in 1972 and against Laxmi Narayan Sharma in 1977. Three years later, he won a bypoll from the same seat as a candidate of Jayprakash Narayan' s party. He never looked back.Since 1980, there were two occasions when Gaur faced a tough fight from trade union leaders. BHEL union leaders R D Tripathi Karnail Singh, who fought on Congress tickets, gave Gaur a headache in 1985 and 1998 but couldn't defeat him.In the last 10 elections, Congress tried different permutations and combinations, but nothing worked. But for the BHEL trade union leaders. In 1998, Gaur won 52.7% votes while Karnail Singh bagged 44.8% - the highest by any opponent against Gaur since 1977. In 1985, Gaur had a vote share of 53.4% while Tripathi polled 49.8%. Incidentally, Gaur had lost to Mohan Lal Ashtana, a union leader, in 1972. In 1973, Advani as president of Jan Sangh, allowed Gaur to fight from JP's party. As an independent, his election symbol was 'teer kamaan'. He won by a margin of 12,839 votes. In January, 1975 when JP came to Bhopal , he blessed him saying that he would be an MLA for life."BHEL employees gave a tough fight to Gaur both the times they contested. If Congress wants to topple Gaur, then they must give tickets to BHEL staff," said trade union leader Deepak Gupta.

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