October 22nd 2023.
Former BJP legislator Narayan Tripathi is contesting the upcoming election from Maihar assembly constituency on the symbol of Vindhya Janata Party, a newly formed political outfit. After being denied tickets by both the BJP and the Congress, he decided to start his own party and the Election Commission has allotted him a symbol of two sugar canes and a farmer.
Tripathi has been demanding separate Vindhya Pradesh for a long time, but it's still uncertain if his demand will be met. The newly formed political party does not have much time to find proper candidates and prepare for the election, as filing of nominations began on Saturday. Tripathi has heaved a sigh of relief after getting the symbol, but he still has a lot of difficulties to face in the coming days.
In 2021, he held several rallies and demanded that the government fulfill his demand for separate Vindhya Pradesh. In public rallies, he has mentioned that former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee preferred the formation of small states. Now, it all depends on the silent voters. Tripathi is ready to field candidates from all constituencies in Maihar.
In 2013, he won the election on a Congress ticket. He fought the Lok Sabha election in 2009 and, although he was an MLA of the Congress, he supported the BJP in 2014. In 2015, he resigned from the Congress and won the by-poll on a BJP ticket in 2016. Afterward, he got closer to the Congress and Kamal Nath, which created a rift between him and the BJP. He had sought a ticket from the Congress, which instead fielded Shrikant Chaturvedi, who lost to Tripathi by a margin of 2,984 votes. The BJP, on the other hand, fielded Dharmesh Ghai instead of Tripathi.
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