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Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan expands his cabinet ahead of elections

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expanded his cabinet with the induction of three new ministers Rajesh Shukla, Gauri Shankar Bisen and Rahul Lodhi

Amit Shah to flag off Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Madhya Pradesh on September 3

Polls in Madhya Pradesh and four other states, which account for roughly 15% of India's population, are expected to set the tone for the 2024 national elections

Ahead of polls, women in Madhya Pradesh get 'rakhi gift' from CM Shivraj

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections: Shivraj Singh Chouhan termed his latest women-centric announcements as a gift on the occasion of the Raksha Bandhan for the women of the state

PM Modi is a man with a vision and a man on a mission: CM Chouhan

The spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas, Zero Tolerance for Corruption and Focus on Direct Communication are the traits of Modi's leadership, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said

MP CM Chouhan's cabinet undergoes expansion 3 mths before assembly polls

The new ministers include bigshots from Mahakaushal and Vindhya, Gaurishankar Bisen and Rajendra Shukla, apart from Rahul Lodhi from Bundelkhand

MP CM expands cabinet, inducts 3 new members months ahead of assembly polls

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting three BJP MLAs as ministers just months ahead of the state assembly polls to be held by the end of the year. With this, there are now 34 members in the Chouhan-led cabinet. State Governor Mangubhai Patel administered the oath of office as ministers to three legislators at the Raj Bhavan here around 9 am. Former minister Rajendra Shukla, a Brahmin leader and four-time MLA from Rewa in the Vindh region, Gaurishankar Bisen, a seven-time legislator from Balaghat in the Mahakoshal region who is also the chairman of the MP Backward Class Commission and first-time MLA from Khargapur in Tikamgarh district of Bundelkhand region Rahul Lodhi took oath as ministers. While Shukla and Bisen took oath as cabinet ministers, Lodhi was sworn-in as minister of state. They are yet to be allotted portfolios, a Raj Bhavan official told PTI. Lodhi is a nephew of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Um

Shivraj Chouhan announces Hanuman Lok project in Kamal Nath's home turf

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also announced a slew of development projects in the Congress stronghold

Elections 2023: What is BJP's women outreach plan in poll-bound states?

Ahead of the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has initiated a slew of outreach efforts, particularly among women voters

Madhya Pradesh election 2023: Shivraj Singh Chouhan to expand cabinet today

The new ministers in the MP cabinet will only have a month and a half before the dates of the election are announced and the model code of conduct kicks in

MP govt makes cash transfer for purchase of scooters to 7,790 students

Speaking at the function, Chouhan said his government is developing 'CM Rise' schools in the state to provide world-class education facilities to students

MP polls: Congress to conduct caste census after poll victory, says Kharge

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also made a slew of promises to the people of Madhya Pradesh ahead of elections

Not so BIMARU now: Amit Shah says MP has shed the tag. What does it mean?

Amit Shah said that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh brought the state out of the BIMARU tag and put it on the path of development by implementing various welfare schemes

Trying to wash his sins: Kamal Nath slams Shivraj Chouhan's welfare schemes

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: Congress leader Kamal Nath drew a parallel between the election guarantees of the Congress and welfare measures introduced by the BJP government

Digvijaya Singh faces flak over 'BJP planning Nuh-like riots in MP' remark

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Digivijaya Singh alleged the BJP is "planning communal riots" in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections

Will increase Ladli Bahna Yojana aid to Rs 3,000 per month: MP CM Chouhan

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also said that Science faculty classes will soon be started in Gunaur's college and the Girls' High School of Gunaur will be made into a Higher Secondary School

Shah to release Chouhan govt's report card', address BJP's committee meet

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will release the Madhya Pradesh government's report card in Bhopal on Sunday and address the BJP's working committee meeting in Gwalior, a party functionary said. The state assembly polls are due this year-end. Gwalior is the home turf of Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. "Shah will release the report card of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government at a function here. Thereafter, he will leave for Gwalior where he will chair and address a working committee meeting, state BJP media cell head Ashish Agrawal told PTI over phone on Saturday. This will be the last meeting of the state working committee before MP goes to polls. BJP insiders said party MLAs, MPs, district presidents and general secretaries have been told to reach Gwalior. Around 1,500 office-bearers have been called to the meeting where the party is expected to come out with its final plan for the polls, they said. We want to increase our movement in Gwalior, the erstwhile kingdom

Forget mama, chacha has come: Kejriwal's dig at Shivraj Chouhan in MP

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Arvind Kejriwal also announced a slew of 'guarantees' for the people of Madhya Pradesh if elected to power

Will decide who will be Madhya Pradesh CM after poll result, says Amit Shah

The BJP has not yet declared Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the party's CM's face, and there are strong signs that the party will stick with this plan till the polls, said a senior BJP leader

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Shah releases MP govt's report card, says it removed BIMARU tag from state

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the Madhya Pradesh government's 'report card' from 2003-2023 and said the BJP government in these years successfully removed the BIMARU category (laggard) tag from the state, which, according to him, was a legacy of the Congress regime. Shah released the government's 'report card' of 20 years at a function in the Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, MP BJP president VD Sharma and state Home Minister Narottam Mishra. The assembly elections in MP are due this year-end. The BIMARU acronym has often been used to refer to Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, to imply that these states lagged in terms of economic growth, health care, education, and other indices. "Madhya Pradesh came into existence in 1956 and since then, except for five-six years, Congress ruled the state till 2003, but the state remained BIMARU during their regime, Shah said. However, the BJP government ha