New Delhi, March 15 -- With the filing of nominations for Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh starting next week, there is a lot of anticipation on the choice of candidates for the 11 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

While interest has been generated on the possible candidates for all 11 seats, the seats of Korba, Rajnandgaon and Durg have emerged as the seats for which there is tremendous anticipation over the choice of candidates.

Among the top contenders for the Congress ticket from the Korba seat is former collector and state Congress leader Rajpal Singh Tyagi. Also in the race for the candidature is Jyotsana Mahant, wife of Chhattisgarh assembly speaker Charan Das Mahant. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Congress' Charan Das Mahant defeated ...