After fielding Scindia instead of KP Yadav from Guna, BJP ramps up efforts to secure Yadavs' support

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Bhopal:The BJP has deployed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and other prominent Yadav leaders to engage with the community in Guna constituency, from where it has fielded Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia...

Having denied a ticket to sitting MP K.P. Yadav a former loyalist of Scindia, whom he defeated in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections the party is now intensifying efforts to garner support from Yadavs, who hold significant sway in Guna...

With this in mind, the party also organised a Yadav Samaj Sammelan in the Chanderi block of Ashoknagar Thursday..

To further showcase KP Yadavs continued support for the BJP, the CM said, KP Yadav will not only hold the fort in Guna, but also campaign for the party across the state with meYe Scindia ji kachunav nahi hai, ye mera chunav hai, saare Yadav samaj kaa chunav hai(this is Scindias election, my election, election for the whole Yadav community), he added...

Subsequently, in 2002, when Jyotiraditya Scindia contested the Guna by-election following his fathers demise, the BJP once again nominated Yadav, but he lost again, this time by a margin of over 4 lakh votes...