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BJP, Cong. leaders not taking any probabilities throughout this by-election
It is believed if the Chief Minister steps inside Ashoknagar Assembly constituency, he loses the subsequent election.
In the previous 17 years, none has visited the town. And forward of the by-election in November, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan too didn’t take probabilities. Last week, he attended a public assembly for Ashoknagar and Mungaoli Assembly seats in the district, however 9 km away from the town.
With defections which introduced down his authorities piquing him nonetheless, Congress chief Kamal Nath too stayed away from Ashoknagar. By attending a gathering 35 km away, he hoped to keep alive probabilities of storming again to energy. The Congress wants 28 seats in its kitty to type the federal government single-handedly.
At least six Chief Ministers since 1975 have misplaced energy subsequent to their Ashoknagar visits: Congressmen P.C. Sethi, Shyama Charan Shukla, Arjun Singh, Motilal Vora and Digvijaya Singh, and BJP chief Sunderlal Patwa.
For occasion, in 1988, Mr. Vora visited the town’s railway station to inaugurate an overbridge, after which he misplaced energy inside days, whereas Mr. Digvijaya Singh visited the town for a candidate, and misplaced the election in 2003.
Only in March 2019 did Mr. Chouhan go to the town after 2013, following the Assembly election loss. “This is a belief held by both the parties, owing to a few incidents in the past. However, this doesn’t affect campaigning in the area,” stated BJP State spokesman Rajneesh Agrawal.
The BJP held only one seat up for the competition, however must win at the least 9 to breach the 115 majority mark to retain energy. While 25 seats had been vacated as Congress MLAs defected to the BJP, two owing to deaths of sitting Congress legislators.
“We have no reservations about visiting Ashoknagar,” stated Congress spokesman Bhupendra Gupta. “The BJP is peddling such myths and instilling superstitions in the minds of voters.”
Similarly, it’s believed whoever organises a gathering from the Ramleela stage of the Mela Maidan of Bhander in Datia district loses energy, stated an area Congress chief requesting anonymity.
This consists of former CMs P.C. Sethi, Arjun Singh and Mr. Vora. “Why take chances during crucial election like this? We are refraining from holding any events there for now,” he stated.
The Ichhawar Vidhan Sabha seat in Sehore district is one other seat thought-about ‘jinxed’ by the CMs. “The belief is not the stand of any government, but held by locals,” Mr. Agrawal stated.
It can also be believed that if a campaigner for the Madhanta seat lands on the Narmadanagar helipad, the candidate loses.
In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for defying superstition by visiting Noida, till then averted by the Chief Ministers for the worry of shedding energy. Mr. Modi had stated blind religion was not fascinating, following which Mr. Chouhan, Chief Minister then, had introduced he would go to Ashoknagar too, which by no means got here.
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