Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is getting survey done of the constituencies for the upcoming assembly polls. BJP’s central leadership is also getting surveys done constantly to gauge the mood of the voters and also to evaluate the performance of sitting legislators. The survey report revealing resentment towards current MLAs has raised concerns in the party organisation.
The report of the surveys done by the BJP at the Centre and the state levels, has said that more than 100 MLAs have bleak possibility of winning the election. The survey report includes names of several powerful leaders in the state and it is would not be easy for the BJP to deny them party ticket.
The survey report said that several ministers have remote possibility of winning this time. It has come as a big challenge to the party organization to deny them tickets. The party has begun introspection over either denying tickets to such MLAs or giving tickets to them from any other constituency.
It is certain that the BJP would change its candidates on the seats where it had lost during Assembly polls, 2013. BJP, apart from survey of BJP leaders done, is also getting survey report prepared of Congress candidates. Several Congress MLAs are facing resentment in their constituencies. BJP is looking for such a powerful candidate who could ensure party’s win.
The survey report of the MLAs, who have won on two or more times in elections, is also adverse. If these MLAs are denied tickets then the party organization would have to do damage control. Chouhan, considering the survey report of MLAs, is also tracking ‘janashirwaad yatra’. The main reason behind crowd in Chouhan’s yatra is contenders bringing their followers for ticket in elections.
The contenders displaying their clout after ticket distribution may become a problem to the party organization. It has also come to the fore that one of the big reasons behind defeat of BJP in elections of seven wards in Pachmarhi cantonment is factionalism.
Ministers in danger zone
The ministers who are in danger zone include Gaurishankar Shejwar, Kusum Mehadale, Gaurishankar Bisen, Rustam Singh, Umashankar Gupta, Maya Singh, Jaibhan Singh Pavaiya, Deepak Joshi, Lal Singh Arya, Sharad Jain, Surendra Patwa, Harsh Singh, Sanjay Pathak, Lalita Yadav, Suryaprakash Meena and Jalam Singh Patel. The report of Assembly speaker Sitasharan Sharma has also found negative.
MLAs with adverse report
The MLAs whose survey report is adverse include Bharat Singh Kushwaha from Gwalior rural, Pradeep Agarwal from Sevda, Ghanshyam Pironia from Bhander, Durgalal Vijay from Sheopur, Meharban Singh Rawat from Sabalgarh, Subedar Singh from Jora, Narendra Singh Kushwaha from Bhind, Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi from Mehgaon, Pannalal Shakya from Guna, Mamta Meena from Chachoda, Mahesh Rai from Bina, Parul Sahu from Surkhi, Shailendra Jain from Sagar, Harvansh Rathore from Banda, Anita Nayak from Prithvipur, RD Prajapati from Chandla, Rekha Yadav from Malhara, Mahendra Singh from Gunnor, Divyaraj Singh from Sirmaur, Neelam Mishra from Semaria, Ramlallu Vaish from Singrauli, Pramila Singh from Jaisinghnagar, Ramlal Rotel from Anuppur, Pratibha Singh from Bargi, Sushil Tiwari from Panagar, Rampyare Kulaste from Nivas, KD Deshmukh from Katangi, Kailash Jatav from Gotegaon, Govind Patel from Gadarwara, Ramesh Dubey from Chorai, Chetram Manekar from Amla, Mahendra Singh Chauhan from Bhainsdehi, Kalyan Singh from Vidisha, Surendranath Singh from Bhopal Central, Amar Singh Yadav from Rajgarh, Hajarilal Dangi from Khilchipur, Murlidhar Patidar from Susner, Gopal Parmar from Agar, Jaswant Singh Hada from Shujalpur, Rajendra Verma from Sonkutch, Lokendra Tomar from Mandhata, Yogita Borkar from Pandhana, Deevan Singh Patel from Pansemal, Nagar Singh Chouhan from Alirajpur, Shantilal Bilwal from Jhabua, Kalu Singh from Dharampuri, Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat from Badnawar, Manoj Patel from Depalpur, Usha Thakur from Indore-3, Rajesh Sonkar from Sanver, Satish Malviya from Ghattia, Mathuralal from Ratlam rural, Sangeeta Charel from Sailana and Chander Singh Sisodia from Garoth.
