Raipur. By-elections are going to be held on Raipur South Assembly seat in Chhattisgarh. BJP has declared former MP Sunil Soni as its candidate. Whereas Congress has not decided its candidate yet. BJP is quite confident about this by-election, while Congress has organized a state workers’ conference today, in which brainstorming will be done regarding the name of the candidate. Sports and Revenue Minister Tank Ram Verma has targeted Congress regarding this conference.
He said that just as they (Congress) were afraid that they were not getting a candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, in the same way, it is difficult for them to choose whom to make a candidate in the South. He further said that Congress will be defeated in the upcoming Raipur South by-election and will also be defeated in the Municipal Corporation and three-tier Panchayat elections.
Regarding declaring former MP Sunil Soni as expected from South, he said – Sunil Soni has been the mayor and is a senior leader. He has also been an MP, a good leader and has been made a candidate from the South Assembly. I congratulate him. In the party, not the candidate, the party contests the elections, the lotus flower contests the elections. Regarding the candidature in BJP party, he said that there is no such thing as rebellion in BJP, there will be many contenders but there is only one candidate. Everyone works wholeheartedly.
Minister Verma has also given a statement regarding organization elections in BJP. He said that BJP membership campaign is going on. Now a campaign has also started to make active members. There will be re-election for the organization.
Countered the statement of Congress
The airport is to be inaugurated today in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh. Minister Verma retorted to Congress’s statement regarding this and said that these people can say anything. There has been progress during the tenure of the Prime Minister of the country. Earlier there were 74 airports, now there are 250. Whatever work we had done till 2018, we have just inaugurated it. He has done nothing in his 5 years tenure.