Kawasi Lakhma, the lone Congress MLA from the tribal Bastar region, has again been given a ticket for the Konta reserve seat.
On May 25, in one of the biggest attacks in the history of Maoist insurgency, the rebels wiped out the entire frontline of the Congress leadership in the state.
The party convoy was returning from a "Parivartan Yatra" (procession for transformation) at Darbha Ghaati.
