Chhattisgarh elections 2023: Close fight between bjp and Congress…
Kondagaon is one of the largest assembly in chhattisgarh in terms of area. Kondagaon assembly is very important from political point of view. Here, there has been a neck-to-neck fight between the leaders of both the bjp and the congress in the last two elections, where Mohan Markam from the congress and LataUsendi from the bjp are busy preparing for the elections.
After the formation of the state of chhattisgarh, in 2003, for the first time, elections were held for the Kondagaon assembly. Separated from Bastar district, Kondagaon became an independent district, being a tribal-dominated area, this seat is also reserved for tribals. In the elections of 2003 and 2008, the seat was dominated by the bjp, due to which the Kondagaon assembly was considered a stronghold of the bjp, but in the 2013 assembly elections, congress became the mla for the first time in this seat and then in the 2018 elections. congress candidate also won.
These are political equations
Bastar's senior journalist and political expert manish gupta says that after winning from here twice in a row, LataUsendi has been the minister of women and Child Development Department during the bjp regime. bjp has been dominating in urban areas as well as in rural areas, but in the 2013 elections there was resentment among the public against bjp and congress candidate Mohan Markam won with huge votes. After that, the congress mla was elected in the 2018 elections as well. After winning twice in a row, Mohan Markam was made the President of the State congress Committee, but after becoming the President, there is a lot of resentment against Mohan Markam in his area from 2018 to the present.
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