Dr Mohan Yadav, Shivraj Chouhan in BJP manifesto committee
BJP chief JP Nadda announced the 27-member national committee to draft its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.
BJP chief JP Nadda announced the 27-member national committee to draft its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.
Chouhan, who was not appointed Madhya Pradesh chief minister after BJP's landslide victory in last year's assembly polls, thanked PM Modi for the new opportunity.
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Wednesday came down heavily on the Congress for declining the invite to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya on January 22.
Chouhan said that the new BJP government will continue the schemes started under his rule.
The outgoing MP CM said, "Mae maangne se behtar marna samjhunga" (I will prefer dying rather than asking or begging for something).
According to the Election Commission (EC), a total of 2,533 candidates are in fray. Of these, 2,280 are men, 252 women and one from the third gender.
Madhya Pradesh will go to polls on November 19 and the counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, will take place on December 3.
MP Assembly Elections 2023: The Congress party has fielded actor Vikram Munjal, who played the role of ‘Hanuman’ in Anand Sagar’s 2008 TV serial ‘Ramayan’, against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Budhni assembly constituency.
He made the comments during an election rally on Wednesday in response to a meme "Mama ka Shraddh" directed at him on social media. Chouhan is often referred to as 'mama'.
The BJP has so far announced names of 136 candidates out of the 230 assembly seats in MP.