CG NEWS: Fate of 41 candidates sealed

RAIPUR,CG: The fate of total 41 candidates will be sealed in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in these three Lok Sabha seats of the state.

There are 9 candidates in the fray for Kanker Lok Sabha seat and 17 candidates left for Mahasamund Lok Sabha seat. There are 38 male candidates and 3 female candidates contesting in the second phase.

15 candidates namely – Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Devlal Sinha, Indian National Congress candidate Bhupesh Baghel, BJP candidate Santosh Pandey, Shakti Sena party candidate Narad Prasad Nishad, Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party Ramesh Rajput, Nyay Dharm Sabha candidate Ramphal Patil, Hamar Raj Party candidate Lalita Kanwar, Rashtriya Jansabha Party candidate Lakhan Singh, independent candidates Ajay Pali, Trivedi Padoti, Basant Kumar Meshram, Bhuwan Sahu, Vishesh Dhamgaye, A H Siddiqui and Sukhdev Sinha are in the fray for Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat.

17 candidates- namely Indian National Congress candidate Tamradhwaj Sahu, BJP candidate Roopkumari Choudhary, Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Basant Sinha, independent candidates Sukhnandan Deshkar, Champalal Guruji, Santosh Darchand Banjare, Mukesh Kumar Agrawal, Nitesh Kumar Ratre, Ganesh Ram Dhruw, Farid Quereshi, Mahesh Swarna, Professor Suresh Sahu, Narad Prasad Nishad, Dr Virendra Choudhary, Ishwar Markandey, Kalia Prasad Seth and Rekhram Baghel are left in the fray in Mahasamund Lok Sabha seat.

Nine candidates- namely Indian National Congress candidate Biresh Thakur, BJP candidate Bhojraj Nag, Tilakram Markam, Jeevanlal Matlam, Thakesh Mahla, Bhojram Mandavi, Vinod Kumar Nagvanshi, Sukchand Netam and Sonsingh are in the fray in Kanker Lok Sabha seat.

On Thursday, both major political parties, the BJP and the Congress, engaged in door-to-door campaigning to attract voters. The primary contest for these Lok Sabha seats is between the BJP and the Congress candidates.