Sumitra Mahajan confident of thumping victory on Indore seat

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Press Trust of India Indore
Last Updated : Apr 04 2014 | 6:59 PM IST
Senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, who is confident of retaining the Indore Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh for the eighth time, today claimed there is a pro-Modi wave in the country.
"There is a wave across the country in favour of forming a BJP government in the leadership of Narendra Modi at the Centre and therefore, I am confident of my eighth victory from here," Sumitra, who is popularly known as "Tai" told reporters after filing her nomination papers from here.
Sumitra won the last Lok Sabha poll against Congress' Satya Narayan Patel with a narrow margin of 11,480 votes.
Congress has again fielded Patel from the seat who won the nomination after winning primaries held for the first time in select constituencies as per party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's new formula to choose electoral candidates.
On her narrow victory margin in the last LS polls, Sumitra said, "Ups and downs are part of a life but this time I am confident of retaining this seat with a huge margin."
BJP sources said that because of internal party rivalry, last time her poll margin was reduced to just 11,480 votes while earlier it was always in lakhs.
Sumitra is representing Indore since 1989.
Polling in Indore will be held during the third-phase on April 24.

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First Published: Apr 04 2014 | 6:59 PM IST