Madhya Pradesh elections 2018: Who is Shivraj Singh Chouhan
December 04, 2018 16:44 ISTIn 1972, when he was 13-year-old, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
In 1972, when he was 13-year-old, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
In February 2002 from Guna District, Scindia was elected to the Lok Sabha.
Elder son of Subhash Yadav and Damyanti Yadav, he is pitched in electoral battle against Madhya Pradesh's three-time Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
In May 2018, to lead the party in the upcoming assembly election, he was elected as the president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee.
This comes just two days after polling took place in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Madhya Pradesh on November 28 to elect members of the 230 constituencies.
MP Polls 2018: It is nicknamed as "Heart of India" due to its geographical location.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP candidate from Budhni seat, and his wife Sadhana Singh cast their votes at his native village Jait, a part of his Assembly constituency.
According to the final electoral roll, the state has 5,04,95,251 voters – 2,63,01,300 males, 2,41,30,390 females, 1,389 third gender and 62,172 postal electors.
MP Polls 2018: According to the EC data, a total number of 2,907 candidates are in the fray from 230 assembly seats.
MP Polls 2018: Around 7.7 lakh voters will decide the fate of 209 candidates.
Under the Congress rule from 1993-2003, agricultural grown rate of the state was three per cent, which has now soared to 20 per cent, while the per capita income has risen to Rs 80,000 from Rs 15,000, the Union minister said.
The CM has had a very humble origin and not only he is connected to the ground but has made his way to the top with great hardwork, he adds.
The election results for all these states will be declared on December 11.
Dismissing rumours of rift between veteran party leader Digvijay Singh and him, he said that Singh is a respectable leader and they had never had differences between them.
Replying to a question on unfulfilled promises of the Madhya Pradesh government, he said the government had failed to provide jobs to youth, relief from debt to farmers and security to women.
The video purportedly shows Nath asking workers to take out the figures from last elections and do a "postmortem" as to why the polling percentage was only 50-60 per cent in the Muslim majority booths.
The BJP has been in power in the state since 2003.
For the past 15 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ruling the state. This time the saffron party is seeking the fourth consecutive term.
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