The Congress Party has announced candidates for most of the seats for the assembly elections to be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh. Many big leaders including Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singhdev have once again been fielded in the election field. The party has so far announced the names of 83 candidates for the 90-seat assembly. One of them also includes Mahant, who has been given ticket from Raipur South Assembly seat.
When the Congress Party released the second list of 53 candidates for Chhattisgarh elections, the name of Mahant Ramsundar Das was also included in it, who is the Mahant of Dudhadhari Temple of Chhattisgarh. In December 2021, Das came into limelight when he openly protested against the derogatory comments made against Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament of Religions held in Raipur. Expressing his objection from the stage itself, he distanced himself from the Dharma Sansad.
Contest against seven time MLA
The Congress party has tried to hit many birds with one stone by making Das its face in the elections to be held in November. Das will face BJP candidate Brijmohan Agarwal on Raipur South seat, who has won this seat seven times in a row. Now, who will the public elect as their representative between Ramsundar Das and Brijmohan Aggarwal, it will be clear only after the counting of votes on 3rd December, but Raipur South seat has started being counted as a hot seat.
Answer was given to Kalicharan
In fact, in that Parliament of Religions, Kalicharan Maharaj had abused Mahatma Gandhi. Many people clapped at Kalicharan’s foul language, some remained silent but Ramsundar Das openly opposed it. He not only went on stage and expressed his objection but also announced to leave the programme.
Have been MLAs before too
It is not that Ramsundar Das has entered the electoral fray for the first time. He has already contested elections on Congress ticket. In 2003, he contested from Pamgarh in Chhattisgarh and also won. In 2008 he won the election from Jaijaipur. But in 2013 he had to face defeat on the same seat. When Bhupesh Baghel’s government was formed in 2018, he was made the chairman of the Cow Seva Commission. Das is often seen with Baghel and is considered close to the CM.