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LS polls: 'Ladli' to 'Lakhpati' mirrors Shivraj's shift to bigger role

All along his campaign journey, which passed through some of the remote hamlets of the large constituency of Vidisha, Chouhan tries to remind the electorate of the work done by him as chief minister

Will 'last election' appeal work for former MP CM Digvijaya Singh?

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to contest from Rajhgarh constituency of Madhya Pradesh after a gap of 33 years

Congress' absence from Ram temple event put party leaders in spot: Chouhan

BJP veteran Shivraj Singh Chouhan has claimed the "wrong" decision of Congress to not attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya has put party leaders in a spot as they cannot give a convincing reply to the common people. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Chouhan was speaking on Sunday at a gathering in Vidisha where several Congress workers joined the BJP ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. "After the Congress refused to participate in the consecration ceremony, several friends from the opposition party told me that they are finding it hard to give a reply to people. Such wrong decisions can't give the right direction to the country," said Chouhan, who is the BJP candidate from the Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency in MP. The former CM said his father was in the Congress, but the party has undergone a sea change from the old days. "There was only Congress at that time. But today's Congress is not that one. This is not the Congress of Mahatma Gandhi or even that of .

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BJP will win all 29 seats in Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj

The BJP will win all 29 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is nominated from Vidisha seat, said on Saturday. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the heart of the people of Madhya Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win all 29 seats. We all will contest jointly," he told reporters at his residence and invoked "Fir Ek Baar Modi Sarkar, Abki Baar 400 Paar" slogan. He said BJP leaders, including MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and state president VD Sharma, have held discussions about ensuring poll victory. "As a party worker, I will work with full strength," he said. The name of Chouhan and other leaders figured in the first list of 195 candidates declared by the BJP in Delhi. The party has announced the names of 24 candidates from MP. Chouhan had represented the high-profile Vidisha Lok Sabha seat for five terms before becoming the chief minister in 2005. The constituency was previously ...

CAA will be implemented before Lok Sabha polls: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed confidence on Tuesday that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) would be implemented before the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to PTI, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister emphasised that the CAA aimed at granting citizenship rather than revoking it, contrary to claims by some opposition parties. "I am confident that CAA will be implemented before the Lok Sabha polls. This act is very much needed. It has been clarified time and again that this law is not against anyone but about giving citizenship to those brothers and sisters of the neighbouring countries who fled the countries for religious persecution", Chouhan said. His assertion comes amidst earlier reports this month suggesting that the rules for the legislation would be notified "much before" the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. Enacted by the BJP-led government in 2019, the CAA aims to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants, includin

Ex-MP CM Shivraj hits out at Congress for turning down Ram Temple invite

Earlier, on Wednesday, the Congress turned down the invitation to the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony, calling it a 'BJP/RSS event"

Sometimes one ends up in exile while waiting for coronation: Ex-MP CM

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said sometimes one ends up in "vanvas" while waiting for "rajtilak" (coronation). After the BJP's landslide victory in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls held in November 2023, the party chose Mohan Yadav as the chief minister, replacing Chouhan who served as the state's CM for four times. Chouhan, while addressing a gathering in Shahganj town under his Budhni assembly seat on Tuesday evening, got emotional and said he will continue to be among the people, especially his sisters. "I will not go anywhere. I will live here and die here," Chouhan said when a couple of women sitting in the audience shouted "bhaiyya (brother), don't go anywhere leaving us alone." The former chief minister said all the works started by the previous BJP government, including the Ladli Behna Yojana (for women's welfare), housing scheme for beneficiaries of the Ladli Behna scheme, a scheme of one jo

For now, celebrate Viksit Bharat: Former MP CM Chouhan on Cabinet expansion

Notably, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday said that the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet will be expanded on Monday

Assembly election results 2023: How did sitting MPs perform in five states?

Assembly election results 2023: Several national parties fielded their sitting members of the Parliament in these assembly polls. Here's a look at how they performed

Assembly election results 2023: A Shivraj-sized challenge for BJP

The BJP strategically refrained from declaring its chief ministerial candidates ahead of the assembly elections

Madhya Pradesh Election result 2023: BJP set for significant victory, major setback for Congress

Shivraj's 'Ladli Behna Yojana' becomes a game-changer for BJP in MP polls

The scheme was an instant hit, and within just a few months, over 1.3 crore women enrolled in the scheme, and the first tranche starting from June 2023

Madhya Pradesh Assembly results 2023: Saffron wave led by CM Chouhan sweeps

MP Assembly election results 2023: BJP leaders attributed the electoral success to PM Narendra Modi, who addressed as many as 14 poll rallies in the state

MP Assembly election results 2023 Highlights: Saffron wave sweeps state

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election LIVE: The state voted for 230 Assembly seats on 25 November. Catch all the latest updates on results here

BJP's resounding win boosts Chouhan as leadership mulls CM choices

All the talk about the BJP looking at an alternative leadership in Madhya Pradesh receded into the background on a day Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made a strong statement about his popular acceptability as the party appeared set to retain power with a stunning two-thirds majority. The BJP had chosen to head into the assembly polls without naming a chief ministerial face in any of the states. While Chouhan has emerged as a favourite to remain at the helm in MP despite the presence of some challengers, the leadership race is wide open in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, two states where the BJP has snatched power from the Congress. Many possible contenders for the top job across the three Hindi-speaking states have not contested the assembly polls but this may not be a factor as the party has in the past placed its trust in leaders who were not a member of state assemblies, such as Yogi Adityanath in 2017. Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, who contested from Dimani assembly .

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023: Here's how leaders reacted

MP Assembly election results 2023: Kamal Nath, senior Congress leader and former CM of the state said that the party will analyse the loopholes

MP CM wins from Budhni for 6th time, defeats Cong's Mastal by 104,000 votes

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan won from Budhni seat for a sixth time by defeating Congress' actor-turned-politician Vikram Mastal by a margin of 1,04,974 votes. Chouhan, the longest serving CM of MP, first won from Budhni Assembly seat in 1990, before winning a bypoll in 2006 and retaining the seat in 2008,2013 and 2018. Chouhan was also Lok Sabha MP from Vidisha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. Fondly called 'mama' by his supporters, Chouhan was not projected as the party's CM face this time. He and several BJP leaders have routinely claimed his 'Ladli Behana Yojana', under which eligible women get Rs 1,250 per month, is a game changer.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023: Who's leading at 2:30 pm?

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results 2023: BJP is leading on 162 seats followed by the Congress on 66 seats

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election result 2023: Who is leading at 12:30 pm?

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections results 2023: The counting in the state began at 8 am on Sunday. Here's how the trends look at 12:30 pm