We will win all 9 seats of first phase of polls: MP BJP

BJP would even win the Chhindwara seat from where Union Minister Kamalnath, the Congress candidate, is contesting the poll, says the party

Press Trust of India Bhopal
Last Updated : Apr 12 2014 | 2:53 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh BJP today expressed confidence that the party would win the nine Lok Sabha seats in the state, for which the first phase of polling was held on April 10.

"We are highly confident that our party will win all the nine seats where polling was held on Thursday," BJP's media in-charge, Dr Hitesh Bajpai told PTI.

"BJP would even win the Chhindwara seat from where Union Minister Kamalnath, the Congress candidate, is contesting the poll," he said.

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The nine seats for which polling was held on April 10 are- Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Balaghat, Mandla, Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Chhindwara and Shahdol.

He said his party would win all the 10 seats for which polling will be held in the second phase on Apri 17, he said.

On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh Congress vice-president, Manak Agarwal said that his party would win at least six out of the nine seats in the recently-held polls.

"As per our reports, the Congress will win Chhindwara, Satna, Mandla, Jabalpur, Sidhi and Shahdol," Agarwal told PTI.
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First Published: Apr 12 2014 | 2:45 PM IST

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