How effective will the new political move of the Bundela family of Bundelkhand prove to be?

Bundelkhand, located in the south of Uttar Pradesh and north-east of Madhya Pradesh, is in the news these days. One reason is that 47 years after the formation of Noida, an industrial city adjacent to the country’s capital Delhi, the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh has built another new industrial city in this region, bigger in size than Noida, in order to develop Bundelkhand on the lines of Noida. Have decided to make. A new industrial city will be established on Jhansi-Gwalior road in the name of Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority (BIDA). It was approved by the Yogi government in the cabinet meeting on 12 September 2023. The special thing is that the size of Bida will be bigger than Noida. Noida was formed from 13 thousand hectares of land. Bida is being formed from about 14 thousand hectares of land. The government will provide an amount of Rs 5000 crore for BIDA in the first phase. This decision of Yogi government will definitely prove to be a milestone. This will increase employment opportunities and bring prosperity in the area.

If we look at the second reason, at this time the politics of Bundelkhand is also in turmoil because a member of the family of Sujan Singh Bundela, who had a strong hold in the politics of UP, has decided to leave the politics of UP and try his luck in the politics of Madhya Pradesh. going. This member is Chandrabhushan Bundela, son of two-time MP Sujan Singh Bundela. He may not have been able to do much in the politics of Uttar Pradesh, but Madhya Pradesh Congress is seeing a lot of hope in Chandrabhushan Singh Bundela. This can be gauged from the fact that as soon as Chandrabhushan Singh was given membership of Madhya Pradesh Congress, soon after that he was given a higher post in the party and a ticket from one seat to contest the assembly elections. Madhya Pradesh Congress President Kalmanath has expressed a lot of confidence in Bundela.

The question is arising that if Chandrabhushan Singh Bundela could not win the legislative elections on SP-BSP ticket in UP, then how can he be a profitable deal for Congress in Madhya Pradesh. Powerful BSP leader Chandrabhushan Singh Bundela has recently joined hands with Congress at the behest of Kamal Nath. After taking membership of Madhya Pradesh Congress, Bundela said that I have returned home. The DNA of my family is of Congress. I and my supporters will work with full force to form the Congress government. Chandrabhushan can be the face of Congress in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Khurai Assembly constituency of Sagar district. Lalitpur is adjacent to Khurai assembly constituency of Sagar. Bundela family also has good relations in Khurai assembly constituency. It is believed that after former MLA Arunoday Choubey leaves Congress, he can be the face of Congress against Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh in Khurai. It is noteworthy that Congress did not even get a candidate in this assembly constituency in the urban body elections. In such a situation, Congress has put a very serious responsibility on Chandrabhushan.

Chandrabhushan Singh Bundela alias Guddu Raja Bundela may not have been able to shine in the electoral battle of UP, but he has a strong hold in the politics of Bundelkhand. His family background is also political. Guddu Bundela’s father Sujan Singh Bundela has been MP from Jhansi Lok Sabha seat twice in 1984 and 1999. Sujan Singh Bundela died in March this year. If we talk about Sujan’s son Chandra Bhushan Singh Guddu Raja, he has earlier been in the Samajwadi Party. It is said that he had studied abroad with Akhilesh Yadav, the party also gave him a ticket, but he lost the election. After this, when Akhilesh became the president, he canceled the ticket of Guddu Bundela, after which he joined BSP, but there too he could not show much charisma and lost the election. Now Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Digvijay, keeping in mind the election strategy of Bundelkhand, have given entry to Chandrabhushan in Congress before the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. In this way, Bundela, who was active in the politics of Lalitpur of UP, has now entered the politics of MP. He has left BSP and joined Congress. It is believed that Guddu Raja may contest elections from Bundela Khurai on behalf of Congress. Let us tell you that Union Minister Bhupendra Singh is the MP from Khurai, so if Guddu Bundela contests from Khurai, then this contest can be very interesting.

However, along with politics, the family background of the Bundela family has also been quite turbulent. On one hand, the Bundela family earned name in politics, while during this period, the family feud between the families also kept making a lot of headlines. Those who have a grip on the politics of Bundelkhand know that till about three decades ago, the Bundela brothers dominated the politics of Lalitpur in Bundelkhand, from the small Panchayat of Gram Sabha to Lucknow and Delhi. Sujan Singh Bundela, known as Bade Dau, was elected MP twice. Whereas his brothers Virendra Singh Bundela and Puran Singh Bundela became ministers after becoming MLAs several times. Ten years ago, a tussle had started between the three brothers regarding the division of property, due to which the distance between the brothers gradually increased. There came a time when we stopped visiting each other’s houses.

Even after the murder of Sanju Raja, son of former minister Virendra Singh Bundela, the distance between the two did not reduce. The situation became such that different candidates started being fielded in the election for the Pradhani of the ancestral village Dongrakalan. Due to the opposition reaching this level, his political influence among the people started decreasing. There came a time when Chandrabhushan Singh Bundela alias Guddu Raja, son of former MP Sujan, was made the candidate of Samajwadi Party during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2012. As soon as he got information about this, former minister Virendra Singh jumped into the electoral fray on Congress ticket. If we look at the caste equations, the Kshatriyas and voters of other castes of the district are stuck in limbo. As a result, Chandrabhushan Singh Bundela was defeated by about ten thousand votes. Virendra Singh Bundela had got about nineteen thousand votes. After this defeat, about ten years ago, a panchayat of elders of the Kshatriya community was called and a plan to unite these forces was started. The elders and well-wishers of the area talked to the two brothers separately and were reminded of the moments spent together. As a result, former MP Sujan Singh Bundela agreed, but calling himself an elder brother, he talked about the arrival of former minister Virendra Singh Bundela to his house. With this, the door of dialogue which had been closed for years opened and the former minister along with the people of the society reached his elder brother’s house and took his blessings. Both the brothers hugged and the tears flowing from their eyes washed away all their grievances. After this the former MP also went to his younger brother’s house. From here everyone along with the people of the society reached the Tuvan temple premises and worshiped Lord Hanuman. Both the brothers took a tour of Lalitpur Nagar in an open jeep and announced their unity, this happened in 2013.?

Well, if we talk about the current politics, as soon as the news of Chandrabhushan being fielded from Khurai Assembly seat of Madhya Pradesh came out, the Department of Urban Housing and Development in the Modi government, Bhupendra Singh, said that it is the misfortune of the Congress that it does not have any candidate. Not a candidate. Because of which it has to import leaders from UP. The minister said that former MLA Arunoday Choubey, who had fought twice with the Congress against the BJP in Khurai, has left the Congress. Congress is almost finished in Khurai Assembly. Due to this, Congress has to import leaders from Lalitpur UP, a district of the neighboring state and bordering Khurai Assembly. Let us tell you that Union Minister Bhupendra Singh is the MP from Khurai, so if Guddu Bundela contests from Khurai, then this contest can be very interesting.

-Ajay Kumar