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Now Shivraj and Maharaj are together in BJP, says Chouhan

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Press Trust of India Bhopal
Last Updated : Mar 11 2020 | 5:20 PM IST

Welcoming Jyotiraditya Scindia into the BJP, senior party leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said he was the most popular Congress politician in Madhya Pradesh, which led the saffron outfit to coin a tagline targeting the erstwhile Gwalior royal in the 2018 state polls.

In the run-up to the November 2018 assembly elections, the BJP had centred its campaign around a slogan, Maaf karo Maharaj hamara neta toh Shivraj (Sorry Maharaj, our leader is Shivraj)" to take on the Congress.

Chouhan was then the BJP chief minister and was seeking a fourth term in office.

Scindia (49), a member of the royal family that once ruled Gwalior, is popularly known as Maharaj among his supporters.

Asked how he will feel now to work with Scindia whom the BJP targeted during the assembly polls campaign, Chouhan said, If anyone was popular among Congress leaders, it was Maharaj, so we used 'Maaf karo Maharaj' slogan. Now Shivraj and Maharaj are together in the BJP."

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First Published: Mar 11 2020 | 5:20 PM IST

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