In U-Turn After Joining BJP, Chhindwara Mayor Backs Congress's Nakul Nath

Of the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, Chhindwara is the only constituency that the BJP had lost in 2019.

On the day of polling in the high-profile Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, the city's mayor Vikram Ahake, who recently joined the BJP, urged people to vote for Congress' Nakul Nath.

“Soon after joining a political party, I was feeling suffocated. I felt that I was not doing the right thing with a person who has developed Chhindwara,” Mr Ahake said in a video message shared on social media.

Nakul Nath always devoted himself to the constituency's betterment, be it the education sector, providing treatment to people, or carrying out development works, said Mr Ahake.