Protecting Wildlife
The death of eight elephants in Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, likely due to consuming fungus-infected kodo millet, underscores a profound and growing challenge in India’s conservation landscape.
Sitting Congress Lok Sabha Member Nakul Nath has been chosen again by the party to contest the upcoming general election from his Chhindwara seat in Madhya Pradesh.
Nakul Nath and nine other candidates from MP figured in the second list announced by the grand old party from New Delhi on Tuesday.
The other important name in the list is that of former MP Minister Kamleshwar Patel, who has been fielded from Sidhi Lok Sabha seat.
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Patel had lost in the state assembly polls in 2023. Former minister Omkar Singh Markam has been given the ticket from Mandla lok sabha seat.
Patel and Markam were ministers in the 15-month-long Congress state government of Kamal Nath from 2018 to 2020. Phool Singh Barraiya has been fielded from Bhind.
Nakul Nath, son of Kamal Nath, is currently the only Lok Sabha member of the Congress from MP with the ruling BJP having 28 of the 29 seats of the state.
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