Watch Nidhi Razdan: Jyotiraditya Scindia's high-stakes battle in the Hindi heartland

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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.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/battle-royale-in-madhya-pradesh-scindias-fate-hangs-in-the-balance-1.99503828  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #India #JyotiradityaScindia

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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.

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