All eyes on Congress candidates from Raipur South
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Raveesh Benjamin
Raipur : After the big defeat in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections, a round of meetings is going on in Chhattisgarh Congress. In the recent review meeting, the reasons for the defeat were discussed. At the same time, now the news has come that the Congress will hold a marathon meeting for two days at the state headquarters. Many important issues can be discussed in this meeting to be held on 9 and 10 July. Discussions can also be held in this meeting regarding the by-election to be held in Raipur South.
According to the information received, this meeting will be held on 9 and 10 July. All senior Congress leaders including PCC Chief Deepak Baij, former CM Bhupesh Baghel can attend it. Apart from this, all the district presidents have been asked to attend this meeting. Discussion can be held on July 10 regarding the by-election to be held on Raipur South assembly seat. During this, all the big leaders of Raipur Congress will be present.
These are the contenders of Congress
It is being told that during its two-day meeting, Congress can also discuss about the candidate of Raipur South. Talking about the contenders, Kanhaiya Agarwal, Pramod Dubey, Sunny Agarwal, Youth Congress state president Akash Sharma and MIC member Satnam Panag are also being discussed. Let us tell you that Kanhaiya Agarwal contested the assembly elections in 2018 against Brijmohan, but lost by a margin of 14 thousand votes. Congress can give them a chance again. At the same time, Pramod Dubey has been the mayor of Raipur and is currently the chairman in the corporation. Earlier, he has also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Raipur, but lost. Apart from this, if we talk about Sunny Agarwal, then during the assembly elections, before the distribution of tickets, he spent a lot of money in the area. He was very active. However, the party had given the ticket to Mahant Ram Sundar Das of Dudhdhari Math. In the list of contenders, there is also talk of the claim of Youth Congress state president Akash Sharma and MIC member Satnam Panag.
