BJP denies ticket to C’garh ex-CM’s son

Santosh Pandey replaced Abhishek Singh, son of former

Chhattisgarh

CM Raman Singh, in the Rajnandgaon

Lok Sabha

seat as BJP released another list of nine candidates. The list named candidates for six seats in Chhattisgarh where the party has decided to replace all 10 sitting MPs. One candidate each for

Meghalaya

, Maharashtra and Telangana were also named.


BJP had earlier announced that none of its 10 sitting Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh will be fielded, a move aimed at arresting anti-incumbency after the party suffered a big defeat in the assembly polls. Putting to rest speculation on whether Raman Singh will be fielded from his home constituency

Rajnandgaon

or not, the BJP named Santosh Pandey for the seat. Sources said Pandey, who has replaced Abhishek, is a close aide of Raman Singh and has been fielded at the latter’s recommendation.

It has fielded Jyoti Nand Dubey from Korba, Arun Saw from Bilaspur, Vijay Baghel from Durg and Sunil Soni from Raipur.