Campaigning for the May 30 Ghodadongri (ST) Assembly bypoll in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh ended today with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state Congress chief Arun Yadav trying to woo the voters on the last day.
Chouhan conducted a road-show for BJP candidate Mangal Singh Dhurve, while Yadav tried hard to cash in on the anti-incumbency factor for Congress candidate Pratap Singh Uikey.
A total of seven candidates are in the fray. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Sajjan Singh Uikey.
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Congress left no stone unturned during the campaign by roping in senior leaders such as party general secretary Digvijay Singh and former Union Ministers Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia to seek votes.
On BJP's side, apart from Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, party's national vice president Prabhat Jha and state BJP chief Nandkumar Singh Chauhan were among those who campaigned.
"People are very angry with the government as it has failed to fulfil any of its promises and no development has taken place in the area. Instead of electricity, people are getting inflated electricity bills," Yadav told PTI and expressed confidence that people will vote for his party.
Addressing a meeting at Bhoura village, Chouhan said development of Ghodadongri was the first priority of his government.
The constituency has 2,19,404 registered voters and counting of votes will take place on June 2.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Salina Singh said of the 340 polling booths, 120 are identified as sensitive.
Six companies of Central Armed Police Force have been deployed, besides Home Guard personnels and even the Forest Guards, she added.
