Khargone Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh is one of the important seats because no party has any strength here. Yes, this Lok Sabha seat has not allowed any single party or leader to establish its roots since its coming into existence. This is the reason why veteran Congress leader Arun Yadav won from here twice and after that he too had to leave this seat. This seat of Madhya Pradesh shares border with Maharashtra, due to which the culture here matches the culture of Maharashtra to a great extent. This area is also situated between the Satpura Mountains from where the Narmada river flows. This Lok Sabha seat is currently held by BJP since 2014.
If we talk about tourist places in Khabargaun district, then you will find Maheshwar to be the most beautiful place here. You all must have seen the movie Padman, in a scene of this movie, Akshay Kumar comes down the stairs and goes into the river, the river in this scene is Narmada, the stairs are of Maheshwar Fort and the big picture seen behind is C wall and gate is the gate of Maheshwar Fort. This fort was built by Queen Devi Ahilyabai of Holkar royal family. From Sahastradhara Falls to many very ancient Shiva temples can also be seen here.
Peshwa Bajirao’s mausoleum is also an important tourist spot of this area. It is said that Peshwa Bajirao was a skilled fighter of the Maratha Empire who had won many battles. He sacrificed his life on the banks of river Narmada in Raverkhedi, Khargone. It is said that he died due to heatstroke. In honor of the great warrior, his mausoleum has been built at this place, from where the beautiful view of Narmada will fascinate your mind. Apart from these, Ahilyabai Fort is also a worth seeing place. If we talk about religious places, Mahadev Temple, Navagrah Temple, Damkheda Temple, Nanheshwar Mahadev Temple etc. are prominent.
political structure
Khargone Lok Sabha seat first came into existence in 1962. This Lok Sabha seat has been created by combining Khargone and Barwani districts. Eight assemblies have also been included in this, which are Khargone, Maheshwar, Kasrawad, Bhagwanpura, Sendhwa, Rajpur, Pansemal and Barwani. Out of all these assembly seats, only 3 are with BJP and the rest are held by Congress. If we look at the history of elections on this Lok Sabha seat, parties have been changing on this seat since 1962. Only from 1989 to 1998, Rameshwar Patidar had won elections from this seat 4 times from BJP. After this no one could last for so long.
What happened in the last elections?
Talking about the last elections, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had fielded Gajendra Umrao Singh Patel from this Lok Sabha seat. Whereas Congress gave ticket to his arch rival Dr. Govind Mujalda. Gajendra Singh got 773,550 votes in this election while Govind Mujalda had to be satisfied with only 5,71,040 votes. In this Lok Sabha election, Gajendra Singh defeated Govind Mujalda by a huge margin of 2,02,510 votes.
