Madhya Pradesh election 2023: Congress fields ‘Hanuman’ character from Ramayan against CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Also read: Congress releases first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh polls. Details here Besides Ramayan, Mastal featured in the movie Top Gear (2022), the web series Battle of Saragarhi (2017) and Aashram (2020).

Meanwhile, Congress has fielded state party president Kamal Nath from his home turf Chhindwara, from where he is currently the legislator. The Congress has repeated many of the sitting MLAs in the first list released on Sunday.

It has fielded Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh's son Jaivardhan Singh from Raghogarh and brother Lakshman Singh from Chachoura in Guna, both sitting legislators. The leader of Opposition in the state assembly Dr Govind Singh has been fielded from Lahar constituency in Bhind district.

Also read: Jyotiraditya Scindia likely on BJP's 'dhamakedar' list for Madhya Pradesh polls Former BJP MP Bodh Singh Bhagat, who recently joined the Congress, has been fielded from Katangi in Balaghat district. The first list of Congress candidates also includes former ministers Ajay Singh (Churhat), Ramnivas Rawat (Vijaypur), Lakhan Singh Yadav (Bhitarwar), Harsh Yadav (Deori), Mukesh Nayak (Pawai), Kamleshwar Patel (Sihawal), Lakha Ghanghoriya (Jabalpur-East), Tarun Bhanot (Jabalpur-West), Omkar Singh Markam (Dindori), Sukhdev Panse (Multai), Sajjan Singh Verma (Sonkatch), Vijay Laxmi Sadho (Maheshwar), Sachin Yadav (Kasrawad), Bala Bachchan (Rajpur), Jitu Patwari (Rau), Priyavrat Singh (Khilchipur) and Narendra Nahta (Manasa).

In Bhopal district, the Congress has fielded Manoj Shukla from Narela seat, sitting MLA Arif Masood from Bhopal Central, and Jaishri Harikiran from Berasia. In Indore city, the Congress has given a ticket to sitting MLA Sanjay Shukla from the Indore-1