In the high stakes battle for the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, the fate of former Congress leader turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will also be sealed. This is the first assembly election that Scindia is contesting on a BJP ticket and it will test his lasting value to the saffron party.
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00:00The futures of many political leaders are at stake in the assembly elections that are
00:08taking place in India at the moment. But in Madhya Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Sindhya's lasting
00:13value to the BJP is going to be determined by this state poll. Simply because this is
00:18the first time that Mr. Sindhya is contesting on a BJP ticket. And his area, his region
00:24of Chambal Gwalior is actually a Congress stronghold and has been a Congress stronghold
00:29for decades. So it's actually quite a challenge for him. Remember, he crossed over to the
00:33BJP in 2020, bringing down Kamal Nath's Congress government with the support of more
00:38than 20 Congress MLAs. At that time, and even till today, that has caused quite a rift internally
00:44within the BJP, with many in the Madhya Pradesh BJP feeling sidelined because of the importance
00:50that Mr. Sindhya and his supporters within the party have got. However, since then, several
00:56of Mr. Sindhya's loyalists, including a handful of MLAs have actually gone back to the Congress
01:00party. So this will be a true test of his leadership outside of that Congress fold,
01:06and whether he has truly been embraced by BJP voters in the state. It will be an interesting
01:12contest to watch.