"Will ensure development of Sirmour if re-elected": BJP MLA Divyaraj Singh
Oct 23, 2023
Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 23 : BJP MLA Divyaraj Singh on Monday said that he will ensure the development of the Sirmour Assembly if he is re-elected to the constituency in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
The current MLA from Sirmour Divyaraj Singh filed his nomination papers on Monday.
Speaking to ANI, Divyaraj Singh said, "For the last 10 years we have served the public. Party has again given me a ticket to fight from Sirmour. In the coming five years, if I'm elected, we will ensure the development of Sirmour. The focus will be on improving irrigation in my constituency, betterment of Education and improving conditions of roads."
The last date to file nominations for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls is October 30.
BJP has now declared candidates for 228 out of 230 seats for Madhya Pradesh polls while Congress has declared 229 candidates.
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel have been fielded from the Dimani and Narsinghpur constituencies respectively. Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste will contest from the Niwas seat.BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and BJP MP Rakesh Singh have been fielded from Indore-1 and Jabalpur Paschim constituencies.
Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls on November 17 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3. In the last 2018 assembly elections, Congress won 114 seats with a vote share of 40.89 per cent while the BJP came second and managed to win 109 seats.
Its vote share was 41.02 per cent. The Congress came to power with Kamal Nath taking oath as the chief minister but Jyotiraditya Scindia, along with 22 loyalist MLAs, switched over to BJP in 2020.
The BJP later formed the government with Shivraj Singh Chouhan as Chief Minister.
