Congress Fields Chhattisgarh's Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel From BJP Stronghold
NDTV
Congress' first candidates' list for Lok Sabha elections: As many as six seats from Chhattisgarh has been announced.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is back in the Lok Sabha elections race after nearly a decade. His name was announced today in the Congress party's first candidate list for Lok Sabha electtions. Mr Baghel will contest the polls from Rajnandgaon, considered to be a BJP stronghold. Mr Baghel lost the Parliamentary elections in 2009 from Raipur.
BJP's Santosh Pandey, who has been refielded from Rajnandgaon, has represented the constituency since 2014.
The 62-year-old served as the third Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023. He was the president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019, and currently represents the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
