MP by-election: BJP's Imarti Devi, who came to limelight after Kamal Nath's 'item' remark, loses from Dabra
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MP by-election: BJP’s Imarti Devi, who came to limelight after Kamal Nath’s ‘item’ remark, loses from Dabra

BHOPAL: BJP chief Imarti Devi, who has been within the middle of a bitter controversy within the run-up to the by-election in Madhya Pradesh, misplaced from Dabra seat on Tuesday.

She was defeated by Congress’ Suresh Raje, additionally a turncoat who had left the BJP to hitch the Congress social gathering forward of by-polls, by 7265 votes. Devi, who had been a member of the Congress for almost 23 years, was caught within the eye of a storm following former chief minister Kamal Nath’s “item” comment.

Imarti Devi is among the many 22 loyalists of Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia who had resigned from the Congress and joined BJP resulting in the collapse of the Nath authorities.

It could also be famous that throughout the election campaigning, Imarti Devi had as soon as stated that the collector of the realm was in her favour and she’s going to simply win from Dabra.

She was the Women and Child Development Minister in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP authorities. Imarti Devi’s social gathering BJP, nevertheless, received 19 seats within the Madhya Pradesh by-election. Just earlier than the counting of votes, Imarti Devi had claimed that she’s going to win by an enormous margin of greater than 80 thousand votes. However, until the outcomes got here, she had received lower than 50 thousand votes. 

Imarti Devi was earlier main because the counting of votes started for the by-election held in MP. Reacting to the sooner tendencies, Imarti Devi had claimed that the “folks of Dabra have taught a lesson to the previous chief minister Kamal Nath who had made an objectionable comment at her.

Till the final outcomes got here in, the BJP had received 19 out of the 28 meeting constituencies the place bypolls had been held in Madhya Pradesh, giving it sufficient numbers to attain a majority within the House and supply stability to its authorities within the state, the place it got here to energy in March.

On the opposite hand, Congress, which misplaced energy eight months in the past following a revolt by a piece of its MLAs, might bag three seats up to now. Voting for by-elections on 28 constituencies was held on November three and counting of ballots was taken up on Tuesday.

In the 230-member House, the BJP tally has elevated to 126 (nicely above the straightforward majority mark of 116) with the addition of those 19 seats, offering stability to the Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorities. Before the bypolls, the BJP’s tally within the House stood at 107.

The seats that the BJP had received had been – Bhander, Bamori, Ashok Nagar, Mungaoli, Surkhi, Anuppur, Sanchi, Hatpipalya, Mandhata, Nepanagar, Badnawar and Suwasara. The Congress received Morena, Biora and Agar meeting segments.

Prominent BJP minister Dr Prabhuram Choudhary received the bypolls from Sanchi with a margin of 63,809 votes – the very best up to now. The lowest victory margin recorded up to now is 161 in Bhander the place BJP candidate Raksha Saronia defeated Dalit chief Phool Singh Bariaya of the Congress. Besides Choudhary, different ministers who received are Govind Singh Rajput (from Surkhi seat), Mahendra Singh Sisodia (Bamori), Bisahulal Singh (Anuppur), Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon (Badnawar), Hardeep Singh Dung (Suwasara) and Brajendra Singh Yadav (Mungaoli).

Reacting to the outcomes up to now, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated the result proves voters supported the choice taken by Congress MLAs to tug down the earlier Kamal Nath dispensation.

“It has been proved today that the public has supported the decision taken by our MLA colleagues under the leadership of Scindia (BJPs Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia) to pull down the (Nath) government,” Chouhan informed social gathering employees in his tackle as bypoll outcomes poured in.

Alleging rampant corruption below the earlier Congress authorities, Chouhan stated the result is a defeat of “ego and arrogance”. He stated the BJP has secured 11 per cent extra votes than the Congress and termed it as an “incredible” achievement. “We won seats with huge margins and lost with thin margins. We humbly accept the victory,” he stated.

On the opposite hand, MP Congress president Kamal Nath accepted the defeat and stated the social gathering made efforts to succeed in out to folks. “We settle for the mandate. We made each effort to succeed in out to voters. I additionally thank all voters who participated within the by-elections.

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