Key Points
The huge support from his bastion -- the Gwalior-Chambal region -- for the BJP is a reply to his political opponents who have been claiming that "Scindia has no influence"...
Until the election was held, the BJP leadership maintained that in 2018, the Congress had won the maximum number of seats in the Gwalior-Chambal because of Jyotiraditya Scindia..
But, the Congress leadership claimed that Scindia has no influence in his own region...
A big reason for the Congress' 2018 win was its performance in Scindia's stronghold -- the Chambal-Gwalior region..
The party won 26 of 34 seats; 12 seats in 2013 and 13 in 2008, compared to the BJP's 20 and 16.. Scindia's shifting to the BJP in March 2020 led to the fall of Kamal Nath-led Congress government..
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