Raipur South Assembly by-election: Local big faces ignored, workers in confusion
Raipur. Both the major parties BJP and Congress have announced their candidates for the by-election of Raipur South Assembly constituency, making the electoral contest interesting. BJP has already announced the name of Sunil Soni, who has been the mayor twice and was elected MP in 2019, as its candidate. After four days of struggle to finalize the name, finally, with the consent of the high command, young leader Akash Sharma has been fielded in the South. Congress has fielded young leader Akash Sharma, who has come into active politics from student politics. Akash Sharma is currently the state president of Youth Congress and has previously held various important positions in NSUI.
A student leader and a former mayor
Akash Sharma’s main experience has been limited to organization elections and he is entering the big electoral battle for the first time. In comparison, BJP’s Sunil Soni has many years of experience in politics, in which he has been the Mayor of Raipur twice and MP of Raipur. Sunil Soni’s educational qualification is M.Com, and he has also been the student union president of Durga College in his student life. At the same time, Congress candidate Akash Sharma is also an M.Com and he has been the student union president of Mac College.
Preference to new face
In this by-election, Congress has given preference to a new face by giving a chance to Akash Sharma, while many other leaders from within the party had also claimed. Municipal Corporation Chairman Pramod Dubey and Kanhaiya Agarwal had also made efforts for their candidature, both of them even bought nomination forms. However, after the signals received from the State Congress Committee (PCC), the chances of these claimants were almost over, and now Akash Sharma has been formally declared as the candidate by the party.
BJP is scared about the by-election: Baij
Meanwhile, Congress State President Deepak Baij said that BJP is scared about the Raipur South by-election. This is the reason why it has given responsibility to its senior leaders. Congress is fully prepared for the by-election. He said that this time big responsibilities have been given to the councilors. This time the councilors contesting the elections should also get the lead from the ward. The Election Commission had announced by-elections on Chhattisgarh’s Raipur South Assembly seat in a press conference on October 15, for which votes will be cast on November 13, while the counting of votes will be held on November 23. According to Deepak Baij, Akash is a winning candidate who has reached the MLA ticket while being active in student politics. Akash is not competing with the BJP but with Brijmohan, who is called the Chanakya of politics. Soni is just a pawn, Brijmohan is contesting the elections.
Brijmohan dominates social media
MP Brijmohan Agarwal was not in the news in the main elections regarding Raipur South, but he was in the by-elections. It is going viral on social media that not even a leaf can move in the South without Brijmohan’s permission, this time that thing was clearly seen in the by-election. Because earlier people used to say that South Assembly is Brijmohan’s Vrindavan.
Resentment among local workers
After giving Raipur South ticket to Akash Sharma, it is reported that the local leaders here are angry. They say that will we keep doing the work of setting up and dismantling tents all our life. The party has not done justice to the local youth workers. All the work done for the organization and the government from 2018 to 23 has gone in vain. The party has once again dashed our hopes.
The leaders of the capital have become dwarfs in front of the people of Bastar
The angry Congressmen even say that this time in the by-election, the people of Bastar have outweighed the big leaders of the capital and the state. Due to the state president being from Bastar, Priyanka Gandhi’s advisor being from Bastar, no big leader of the state had any influence in this by-election. Only the people of Bastar had a strong influence. And what’s more, the Congress candidate is also the son-in-law of Bastar. MLA Ajay Chandrakar has alleged that Akash Sharma is not even a voter of Raipur South Assembly constituency.
Accusations of being an outsider are also being made
After giving ticket to Congress candidate Akash Sharma, the discussion going on from Rajiv Bhawan to the old Congress Bhawan is that the party has neglected the local people by giving a chance to an outsider candidate. This is what the angry workers have to say. In the elections of the capital, the people of the capital had to be given a chance in the capital, but it has become a tradition in Congress to give importance to the Jogi Jogda of the home and the saint of the village. The workers are not able to digest the news of Akash getting the ticket openly. You can see them venting their anger somewhere.
Congress candidate has no connection with Raipur, will win with record votes: Brijmohan
MP Brijmohan Agarwal’s statement has come out on Akash Sharma being made the candidate of Raipur South by the Congress. Brijmohan Agarwal has taken a dig at the Congress party through Shayari. Talking to the media, he said that Akash Sharma has no connection with Raipur. Sunil Soni is going to break the record of Brijmohan Agarwal. Congress’s trick of trying a new face for the last 40 years has failed every time and this time too the same possibility is seen. Let us tell you that after BJP, Congress has also announced the name of its candidate for Raipur city (South) today.
