This time the election contest on Badnawar assembly seat of madhya pradesh is very interesting, where two
arch rivals challenging each other on bharatiya janata party (BJP) and congress (Congress) tickets are coming
face to face for the third time. Yes, but this time their parties have changed. This is the reason why the interesting
phrase “Same candidate, but new party” is being heard on this seat.
The main electoral contest on the Badnavar assembly seat of Dhar district is between the state bjp government’s
Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion minister Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon (51) and congress leader
Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat (72). Both the leaders belong to the Rajput community and are facing each other on
this seat for the third consecutive time. Along with Rajput community, voters of tribal and Patidar communities
also play an important role in deciding the election result of this seat which has about 2.21 lakh voters. Dattigaon
was among the 22 rebel congress MLAs who resigned from the assembly and joined bjp in the year 2020
under the patronage of Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat had joined Congress
This led to the fall of the then kamal nath government. After this, bjp returned to power in the state under the
leadership of Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Shekhawat left bjp and joined congress on september 2 this year (2023).
Now he is contesting on congress ticket against bjp candidate Dattigaon in Badnawar. Dattigaon said on
Tuesday, Shekhawat, a resident of Indore, is seen in Badnawar area during election time, but during the severe
outbreak of Covid-19, he was missing from Badnawar and he did not even inquire about the well-being of the
regional people.
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