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| Madan, Lal make BJP to beat dust | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 16: In sync with the nationwide rout of the saffron brigade, the Congress retained its both Lok Sabha seats of Jammu province in keenly contested election results of which were declared here today.
Congress’ both sitting Members of the Parliament, Madan Lal Sharma and Choudhary Lal Singh were declared elected from Jammu-Poonch and Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency. While Madan defeated Leela Karan Sharma of the Amarnath land row fame, Lal Singh defeated Dr Nirmal Singh. While Lal Singh had a narrow victory, Madan Lal won by a huge margin of over 1.2 lakh votes over Leela Karan Sharma.
Interestingly, four Singhs were in a close contest among the fourteen candidates for the Udhampur parliamentary segment but it was Choudhary Lal Singh who retained the seat by beating his close rival by a margin of over 13,000 votes.
Choudhary Lal Singh and Dr Nirmal Singh of Bhartiya Jhanta Party, Professor Bhim Singh president of National Panther Party and Balbir Singh from the People’s Democratic Party were vied against each other.
With the victory, Choudhary Lal Singh has completed victory for second term as he won in 2004 by defeating Professor Chaman Lal Gupta of BJP.
In Jammu-Poonch constituency, the old stalwart of Congress, Madan Lal Sharma, again proved that he retains hold over the constituency.
Sharma beat his close rival and Bhartiya Janta Party’s Leela Karan Sharma, former convenor of the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti that spearheaded the land row in summer last year, by a huge margin of nearly 120,000 votes.
Background: In 1967 elections, Udhampur constituency was represented by Congress candidate Brg. Ghansara Singh while as in 1971 midterm polls, the constituency was represented by Dr. Karan Singh again on a Congress ticket, In 1977 Lok Sabha elections, the seat was again won by Dr. Karan Singh as INC candidate. In the midterm 1980 Parliamentary elections, the seat was yet again won by Dr. Karan Singh, however, this time on INC (U) ticket.
In 1984, the seat was won by G. L. Dogra as INC candidate while as in 1989 General Election, Udhampur seat was won by Dharam Chand of INC, in 1996 the seat was won by Janak Raj Gupta on a BJP ticket. In 1998 and 1999 elections, Professor Chaman Lal Gupta of BJP represented the constituency.
Jammu-Poonch seat has been a traditional bastion of the Congress. The Congress won it in 1967, 1971, 1984, 1989, 1996 and 2004 while BJP, candidate Vaid Visho Dutt won the seat in 1998, and 1999.
Congress leader Inderjeet Malhotra had won the election for two successive terms in 1967 and 1971 while Janata Party leader Thakur Baldev Singh was elected from the seat in 1977 as an Independent candidate. In 1980, Congress again wrested the seat with Girdhari Lal Dogra getting elected. In 1984 and 1989, Congress candidate Janak Raj Gupta represented the seat while Lok Sabha election was not held in the State in 1990 due to security reasons.
In 1996, Congress leader Mangat Ram Sharma was elected from the Jammu-Poonch segment. In 2002 by-election held after the death of BJP’s Dutt, National Conference had won the seat for the first time with Choudhary Talib Hussain emerging victorious.
During the last elections in 2004, Madan Lal Sharma wrested the seat against defeating 25 candidates including his nearest rival Dr. Nirmal Singh of BJP.
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