The Congress announced its third list of 13 candidates late on MondayNov 05,2018 for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.
Former Samajwadi Party leader Arif Masood, a controversial politician from Old city Bhopal, has been given a ticket from Bhopal Madhya and will be pitted against the BJP’s Surendra Nath Singh, an aide of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Masood is also an executive member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and has been vocal against the Narendra Modi government, especially on the issue of triple talaq. “There are no charges against me and I had clarified to the party that I would contest this time,” Masood said after getting the nomination. Bhopal Madhya has a sizeable Muslim population.
MPCC president and Kamal Nath loyalist Deepak Saxena has been nominated from Chhindwara, while sitting MLA Mahendra Singh Sisodia has been re-nominated.
Sisodia had defeated former minister Kanhaiya Lal Agrawal in 2013.
In Brahmin-dominated Maihar seat in Satna, Congress has opted for Srikant Chaturvedi to take on Narayan Tripathi who had deserted the grand old party after a rift with Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh.
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