GGP's Devraven Bhalavi seeks to restore party's lost glory in MP's Chhindwara
The Gondwana Ganatantra party had made waves in Madhya Pradesh in 2003 by winning 3 assembly seats including Amarwara in the Chhindwara district, considered the stronghold of Congress stalwart Kamal Nath.
However, subsequently the party lost its clout due to factionalism and many of its leaders joining the ruling BJP in the state.
This year, the GGPs Devraven Bhalavi is seeking to restore the party to its former glory on the strength of an alliance with the BSP. He is set to face Monika Batti, the daughter of former GGP leader Manmohan Shah Batti, who has been fielded by the BJP this time.
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However, subsequently the party lost its clout due to factionalism and many of its leaders joining the ruling BJP in the state.
This year, the GGPs Devraven Bhalavi is seeking to restore the party to its former glory on the strength of an alliance with the BSP. He is set to face Monika Batti, the daughter of former GGP leader Manmohan Shah Batti, who has been fielded by the BJP this time.
#MadhyaPradeshElection2023 #MadhyaPradesh #GGP #Gondwana #Gond #Adivasi #BJP #Congress
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00:00 Hi, this is Avik Bhattacharya from Outlook Magazine.
00:02 So for the last one week, we have been roaming around different parts of Madhya Pradesh to
00:06 understand the politics and what's the possibility of different parties, Congress, Vajpa, to
00:11 win these elections.
00:13 So in this context, as we have already reached Mahakoshal region, one of the major regions
00:19 if we consider the tribal vote base, if we consider the politics over there, and we are
00:25 now currently at Amarwara.
00:27 Amarwara is politically extremely significant this time, not only because it is a Ubenichi
00:33 Indwara district, that is Kamal Nath district, but for another reason, that is Gondwara Ganatantra
00:39 Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party's alliance.
00:42 So Gondwara Ganatantra Party, those who are aware of the politics of Madhya Pradesh, they
00:47 know that since 1990, it had its own influence in different Mahakoshal pockets among the
00:53 Gondwara Ganatantra community and in 2003, this Amarwara seat had been won by Manmohan
01:00 Shah Bhakti, but this time, Manmohan Shah's Bhakti's daughter, Monika Bhakti, certainly
01:06 joined Vajpa and is contesting from Amarwara constituency.
01:10 But this time, from Gondwara Ganatantra Party, we have got Devravan Ji.
01:15 So Devravan Ji has been fighting for Gondwara Ganatantra Party and for the cause of the
01:20 Gondwara Ganatantra Party for the last 25 years and now this time, he hopes or he expects
01:24 that the Congress and Vajpa, both Kamalish Shah and Monika Bhakti, will not be able to
01:29 cut into his vote bank.
01:32 So now we have got him and we will ask him that what is the condition and what is he
01:36 expecting actually out of this election.
01:39 So, Namaste.
01:41 Devravan Ji, first of all, you tell us that this time, in 2003, we saw that after 2003,
01:51 after 2008, there was a lot of demotion in Gondwara Ganatantra Party.
01:56 So, what is the condition this time?
01:59 First of all, Jai Seva, Jai Jhawar, Jai Bhim, Jai Samyidhan.
02:04 As you asked, Gondwara Ganatantra Party, often in Madhya Pradesh, there are many seats
02:09 where it is in second position.
02:11 You are standing in Amarwada Vidhan Sabha, this is also an institute where Gondwara Ganatantra
02:14 Party is a member of the party and here also, Gondwara Ganatantra Party is in second position.
02:18 And you also see that Bahujan Samaj Party, like Mayawati Ji's party, Mannevar Kashiram Ji's
02:23 party, those parties are also in Madhya Pradesh.
02:25 There are many such Vidhan Sabhas where it was in second position, only losing by 3000-4000
02:29 votes.
02:30 But now it is going to get its biggest benefit, that these parties which are in second position,
02:34 when their alliance has been formed, it can be a history in Madhya Pradesh.
02:38 Why?
02:39 They have lost by 2000-4000 votes.
02:40 Now when Bahujan Samaj Party and Gondwara Ganatantra Party become one, now both their
02:44 votes will be one and their ideology will be one and chances of winning with heavy votes
02:49 have increased a lot.
02:50 And for this reason, BJP and Congress Kamal Nath Ji and Shivraj Singh Chauhan Ji are both
02:54 scared in Madhya Pradesh because this time not only political alliance, this time there
02:58 is a political alliance, this time the winning one is Ambedkarabad's, Mannevar Kashiram
03:03 Saab's, Dada Hira Singh Markam's.
03:08 That is why in Amarwada also, when BSP was formed, I got a lot of support from them.
03:11 Because with BSP, Muslim society is connected, Dalit society is connected, HTSC, OBC, Dharmic
03:14 Alp Sankhya Samaj is connected because BSP's cadre works.
03:17 Mannevar Kashiram Ji took out the Padyatra from cycle and a Vaichari team was formed,
03:21 today that team is with us.
03:22 And one more team is there, Dada Hira Singh Markam Ji's, Gunman Andolan's team.
03:25 Now when both these teams work together and they have made me a history here, then you
03:30 can guess that how these parties who are in second position will spoil the game of BJP
03:36 and Congress and wave their flag here.
03:39 Wow, wow.
03:40 So from here we were thinking that we are talking about the Hinduism of the tribals,
03:47 this thing is being talked about by the Gondwara Congress Party for a long time.
03:51 And this time after joining Monica Bhatti in Vajpa, this question is arising that what
03:58 was Monica Bhatti doing inside the DGP for so many days and what is she doing in the
04:05 DGP, what is her opinion about this?
04:07 See Dada Manmohan Sahab, Bhatti Ji made the second party which is called Bharatiya
04:11 Gunwana Party.
04:12 And after making Bharatiya Gunwana Party, respected Bhatti Ji who could not become a
04:15 MLA and after that you saw how during Covid, his trust was completely destroyed.
04:21 Immediately after that, Monica Bhatti who was a student, he was made the President of
04:25 Bharatiya Gunwana Party.
04:26 When he suddenly became the President, he did not have much understanding inside him
04:30 and to take full advantage of this, a group of BJP who started controlling him completely
04:35 where he is going, who he is meeting, what he is doing, where the money problem goes,
04:38 where he will be trapped in what thing, they started planning all this for the past 5 years.
04:43 Their personal things, videos, photos, now the video of their Ukka Wala has gone viral,
04:47 you have seen how many people made it, BJP people only made it and now BJP people only,
04:50 some people who are angry, they are making it viral.
04:52 So Monica Bhatti Ji was the victim of this trap and the BJP people who were forced to
04:57 take him away.
04:58 But BJP had forgotten that here Devravan Bhalabhi Ji is also there, how can they put
05:02 a run on me?
05:03 But this yellow-skirted person from Gunwana, not every person is stupid, he is very strong.
05:07 In this country, we are called the owners of the land.
05:10 They misled one, but Devravan was not successful and now I am going to be the biggest thorn
05:14 for them and finish them from the roots in Amarwada Vidhan Sabha and in Chinwara.
05:20 I do not believe in EBM and I cannot vote here, but think about it, Modi Ji's rotten
05:25 mind, he knows that we can win in EBM, otherwise BJP people enter the village, people are running
05:30 behind them with sticks.
05:32 So EBM is the biggest machine, only someone can stop me, that is EBM.
05:36 BJP does not have the strength to stop Gunwana and BFP and our thinkers.
05:40 If anyone can stop them, then their machine is EBM, that is the biggest enemy for us.
05:45 And in the coming time, we will do the work of removing that EBM too.
05:48 Thank you very much for talking to us.
05:50 Thank you very much.
05:51 So this is the thing, that there are several fractions in the last few years, we have seen
05:57 that Gunawana Ganadhan Party suffered out of fractionalism and so on and so forth, but
06:02 still, on the ground, there is some sort of resonance that we can feel.
06:06 It may be possible that it is BSP's alliance with Gunawana Ganadhan Party that is working
06:10 actually in favor of them, but it is this Amarwada constituency, just besides Chindwara,
06:16 that will play a huge role on 3rd December when the elections results will be out.
06:20 Thank you.
06:21 Thank you.
06:22 Thank you.
06:23 Thank you.
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