In MP, the BJP came back to power in the Assembly election held a few months ago, and though the Congress vote share came down only marginally, from 40.89 per cent in 2018 to 40.45 per cent in 2023, the BJP made a large gain of 7.6 per cent.
Reportedly, councillor Sachin Dhuriya voted in the favor of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate for the city's president post on September 27, 2022.