Bhaskar Exclusive: BJP’s eye on 28 tribal MLAs of Congress, preparing for cross voting

Senior BJP leader Sampatiya Uike with Congress MLA Yogendra Singh Baba from Lakhnadaun.

The presidential election has reached its peak. Voting will take place on 18 July. On Wednesday, Congress and UPA-backed candidate Yashwant Sinha has reached Bhopal for campaigning. BJP and NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu is going to come on Friday. Even before this, the BJP has started trying to make 28 tribal MLAs of Congress and one independent MLA Kedar Davar cross-voting. In this work, along with senior party leaders, MP Sumer Singh Solanki, Samatiya Uikey and others have been engaged.

All this exercise is going on at the behest of the central leadership. Senior BJP MLAs are reaching out to Congress MLAs with the help of tribal organizations. A letter of request is also being given to her in the meeting, in which it is appealed that Draupadi Murmu will be the first woman President of the country to come from tribal or tribal class, so vote for her listening to the conscience. CMO officers are also engaged in this work. On the other hand, Congress is also hopeful that as in the past, BJP MLAs Narayan Tripathi and Sharad Kaul along with some may vote in favor of Yashwant Sinha.

However, the BJP is keeping an eye on all these MLAs. If BJP sources are to be believed, two-three MLAs of Gwalior-Chambal have also been contacted so that their votes can be got. Let us inform here that the value of vote of a BJP MLA is 131.

The vote of Sachin Birla, who has gone to the BJP camp, may go to Murmu

BSP’s Kushwaha with BJP, confusion over Rambai, SP’s Shukla in favor of Murmu, Independent Shera with Congress
Congress’s Barwaha MLA Sachin Birla’s vote may go to BJP. He had appeared on the BJP platform only a few months back. Of the four independents, two independents Pradeep Jaiswal and Vikram Rana are with the BJP. Another independent Kedar Davar is being approached. Surendra Singh Shera, the fourth independent, is with the Congress. BSP MLA Rambai has not clarified the situation. While the other BSP MLA Sanjeev Kushwaha and SP MLA Rajesh Kumar Shukla are with the BJP.

230 MLAs will vote BJP – 127, Congress – 96, BSP – 2, SP – 1, Independent – 4

Mention of the support of YSR Congress and Biju Janata Dal in the letter of request
It has been written in the letter of request being given to the tribal MLAs of Congress that this is a golden moment in history, when the President of the tribal class is the candidate. This moment is like the success of the egalitarian society of Ambedkar, the architect of the constitution. The NDA candidate has got the support of YSR Congress and Biju Janata Dal. There are many other teams as well. Support you too.

Mr President Candidate

Opposition’s joint candidate Yashwant Sinha reached Bhopal on Wednesday evening. He met former Chief Minister Kamal Nath at his residence.

Mr Ballot Box

The ballot box reached Bhopal. AP Singh, the principal secretary and assistant election officer of the assembly, got them kept in the strong room.