Did Scindia pass the test? BJP doubles 2018 tally on his turf Gwalior-Chambal, but many loyalists lose

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Bhopal: The BJP swept Madhya Pradesh Sunday, but it was a mixed bag for Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia as a handful of his loyalists lost their seats in his bastion, the states Gwalior-Chambal region...

The region has 34 of the states 230 seats, and the election was seen as a test of the erstwhile royals clout...

Three others who lost in the 2020 bypolls got tickets as well former state women and child development minister Imarti Devi, Raghuraj Kansana from Morena assembly seat in Morena, and Aidal Singh Kansana in Sumaoli in Morena...

Of the 18 Scindia loyalists fielded by the BJP, 10 won while the remaining eight lost, including three sitting ministers and Chairman of State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited...

This comes at a time when the BJP managed to win 163 seats in the 230-seat assembly, and 18 of them fall in the Gwalior-Chambal region, which has a total 34 seats...

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