Deputy collector in Madhya Pradesh, who quit and vied for Congress ticket, now wants her job back

Nisha Bangre, an SDM in Chhatarpur district’s Lavkushnagar at the time of her resignation, told reporters in Bhopal: “I was given the post of a spokesperson (in the Congress) but did not join as I have applied to rejoin my service. I have not got any answer so far. I also was promised a Lok Sabha ticket.”

In 2023, she had been looking to contest the Assembly elections from Betul district’s Amla seat. Bangre resigned from her post after allegedly being denied leave to attend the International All Religion Peace Conference and World Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Betul.

Bangre had alleged that as a Buddhist her “religious sentiments had been irreparably damaged” by the denial of permission to view the remains of ‘Tathagata Buddha’ at the conference.

A former deputy collector in Madhya Pradesh, who resigned and made an unsuccessful attempt to get a Congress ticket for the 2023 Assembly elections, now wants her old job back.

The Congress under the former unit president Kamal Nath had made this an election issue at the time.

And as the BJP government held off on accepting the resignation — believed to be an attempt to ensure that Bangre did not become eligible for the Congress ticket — she embarked on an over 300-km march from Betul to Bhopal, where she was detained by the police while trying to garland a statue of B R Ambedkar.

But even after her resignation was finally accepted, Bangre was still not nominated. The Congress instead fielded Manoj Malve from Amla and he lost to the BJP.

On March 27, the state Congress gave her the post of the spokesperson. She was reportedly vying for a Lok Sabha ticket as well but was not considered by the party.

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