A big loss for the BJP with Ashok Pradhan moving to the SP, but the party is looking forward to giving a tough fight to Union Minister Kamla Nath on his traditional Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat. The reason -- it draws courage from its performance in the 2013 Assembly elections in which it bagged four out of seven seats from there.

Nath, Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, is contesting for a ninth term from Chhindwara and had won the last Lok Sabha election with a margin of over 1.20 lakh votes.

While Nath is banking on his 34-year achievements and his deep relations with the people, BJP candidate and sitting MLA from Chhindwara, Choudhary Chandrabhan Singh is pointing to the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's good governance and development to urge voters to allow the 'lotus' (BJP's poll symbol) to bloom in the constituency.


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