Bhupesh Baghel has been described in the media as a person with bigger ambitions than returning as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh in the ongoing assembly elections.
Going into the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, his supporters in states such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Bihar have been rooting for him to replace Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot as the Congress party’s social justice mascot in the Hindi states. His supporters argue that he has greater cultural affinity with the people of this belt than Gehlot.
