Bhopal, March 23: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh will contest Lok Sabha Elections 2019 from Bhopal. The constituency is a citadel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as the saffron party has not lost Lok Sabha elections from this seat since 1989. Alok Sangar is the sitting Member of Parliament from the seat. Before, Sangar, BJP’s Kailash Joshi had won the seat twice. The general elections will take place in Bhopal in the sixth phase on May 12. Rahul Gandhi to Contest 2019 Lok Sabha Polls From Wayanad Seat in Kerala, Says State Congress Chief Mullappally Ramachandran.

Last week, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath also suggested that Singh should contest in Lok Sabha elections 2019. According to Nath, if Singh does enter the polling fray, he should "choose the toughest seat" in the state. The chief minister, while speaking to reporters, clarified that the decision to field Digvijay does not lie with him but the party high command -- provided that the 72-year-old is himself willing to contest. The MP CM had, however, zeroed in on a couple of seats from where he would prefer Singh to fight. BJP Snubs Shatrughan Sinha Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Nominates Ravi Shankar Prasad From Patna Sahib.

In the assembly elections held in November-December 2018, the Congress had narrowly wrested the state, bagging 114 of the 130 constituencies, whereas, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP was reduced to 109. According to various opinion polls, the party is expected to bag over 25 seats in the state in the upcoming general elections.

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