Congress has not lost the election from Kharsia seat till date...
congress has announced candidates for only one assembly constituency, Kharsia in Raigarh district. Umesh Nandkumar
patel has once again been fielded. In the last election also, Umesh patel was made the candidate and he won. On the
other hand, bjp has declared its candidate for Kharsia assembly seat a month ago. The specialty of this assembly seat is
that since 1977 i.e. when Kharsia assembly came into existence, no record has been broken here till now. Only Congress
has been in control here. Now for the third time Umesh patel has been declared the candidate from Congress. Mahesh
Sahu has been made the candidate from BJP.
Kharsia assembly came into existence in 1977. Since then till now only congress has been in control here. During that
period, Laxmi Prasad patel of congress was the mla here from 1977 to 1985. During this time, lakshmi Prasad patel had
left the seat for arjun singh, who was made the cm of undivided madhya pradesh in 1988 and arjun singh won the by-
election held here. After this, Nandkumar patel remained mla continuously from 1990 to 2013. He was also the Home
Minister in undivided Madhya Pradesh. After 2008, he was made PCC President. When he took out Parivartan yatra in
the entire state. Meanwhile, Nandkumar patel and his elder son Dinesh patel were martyred in the Naxalite attack on
Parivartan yatra in May 2013.
After this, in 2013, congress made Umesh patel its candidate and he won. After this, he won in 2018 also and when the
congress government was formed, he was made the Higher education Minister. Now for the third time he has been
fielded in the electoral battle. Mahesh Sahu has been declared the candidate for Kharsia assembly by BJP.