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The 58-year-old leader was administered the oath of office by Governor Mangubhai Patel at the Lal Parade Ground in state capital Bhopal.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained power in MP following the November 17 polls, winning 163 seats in the 230-member assembly, leaving the Congress a distant second with 66 seats.
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After the November 17 polls, the BJP retained power in MP by winning 163 seats in the 230-member assembly, leaving the Congress a distant second with 66 seats.
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As per the latest trends available with the Election Commission, the BJP was leading in 161 out of the total 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress was ahead in 66 seats.
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The extreme divergence between two prominent polling agencies has made MP tough to call. If BJP wins, credit will go to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. But Congress ran one of its best campaigns in MP, though its poll guarantees that worked in other states may have been neutralised by Chouhan’s Ladli Behna Yojana
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Referring to his government's flagship 'Ladli Behna Yojana' for women, Chouhan on Monday night said the BJP workers have made sincere efforts and "ladli behnas" (beneficiaries of the scheme) have removed all hurdles to ensure the party's victory.
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Congress consistently harped on Chouhan’s failures while the BJP, which initially tried to shake off his legacy, had to accept his preeminence in the state and trust that the goodies which Chouhan promised voters on election eve will deliver the state to it once again
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: The same jaded faces who helmed BJP and Congress in 2018 – Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kamal Nath – are in the race for the CM’s post. Voters who were fed up with the Chouhan regime in 2018 were disappointed that the Congress government under Kamal Nath was hardly distinguishable from its predecessor. Not surprisingly voter aspirations are muted this time
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MP, Chhattisgarh Elections 2023: Will it be a vote for change or continuity in the two states? The two neighbours witnessed a spirited contest between BJP and Congress to woo voters, who were spoiled for choice with the competition between the two parties extending to who can offer the more generous freebies
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Polling is being held from 7 am to 6 pm in all the assembly segments except in Baihar, Lanjhi and Paraswada seats in Balaghat district, 55 booths in Mandla district's Bichhiya and Mandla seats and 40 polling stations of Dindori district, all Naxalite affected, where voting time is 7 am to 3 pm, an official said.
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While polling in Madhya Pradesh will be held in a single-phase on November 17, in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, voting for the second-phase will be conducted. The first phase was held on November 7.
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"A storm is going to come in favour of the Congress. The party will be winning 145 to 150 seats. Five years back, you (people) elected a Congress government but BJP leaders (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi, (MP Chief Minister) Shivraj Singh and (Union Home Minister) Amit Shah purchased the MLAs and stole your government," Gandhi said.
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Addressing a public rally at Betul, Modi also said Congress has accepted defeat ahead of elections.
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: The likes of Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath could fade away by the next assembly elections. A clutch of younger Congress leaders who cannot be called dynasts given their rootedness are being groomed by the central leadership to take the place of the veterans
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Opinion polls have projected a close contest, which could even be a photo finish like 2018. There were 30 seats with a margin less than 3,000 in 2018 and so far BJP and Congress have expelled more than 30 leaders each for ticket-related rebellions
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After coming to power in the state, the first thing to be done is conducting a caste census to know the exact number of OBCs in Madhya Pradesh. It is like an X-ray which will reveal all (number of other backward class) and accordingly policies will be framed for their welfare, he said.
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Addressing a rally in Satna ahead of the November 17 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Modi said his government has made four crore pucca houses for the poor, but he has "not made even one house for himself." Your one vote is going to help the BJP form government in MP again.
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Addressing a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh town ahead of the November 17 state assembly polls, Modi also said he will continue to fight against corruption.
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"Rs 13,000 crore are being spent on 'PM Vishwakarma' scheme for traditional artisans and craftspeople," he added.
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Telangana MLAs are the richest of the five, and the state also has the maximum share of MLAs with criminal cases registered against them. No state has done too well when it comes to female representation.
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Their politics may be hugely divergent, but both BJP and Congress are no different when it comes to caste arithmetic and outreach to various caste groups
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Between 2003 and 2017, Digivijaya Singh was blamed for Congress’s decline in the state. But Kamal Nath taking the reins of the MP Congress in 2017 coincided with a political revival for Digvijaya. Since then, their near total control over the party organisation has had both its good and bad sides
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Madhya Pradesh Polls 2023: Madhya Pradesh has six geographical regions – Baghelkhand, Bhopal, Chambal, Mahakaushal, Malwa and Nimar – each having different dynamics in terms of issues, caste break-up, popular demands, and party leadership. Each region voted differently in the closely fought 2018 polls, a scenario that opinion polls indicate will repeat this time too
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: There are 74 seats in Madhya Pradesh that Congress hasn’t won in the last three assembly elections, while the corresponding number of BJP is only 11. The weak organisation in these 74 seats burdens Congress with having to win the remaining 156 seats at an unrealistically high strike rate
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Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: The BJP high command is betting big on Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Gwalior-Chambal region. But he faces a tough task repeating 2018 when his faction helped Congress win 28 of the 34 seats in the region. Congress is also running a tactical campaign in his pocket borough by not even mentioning his 2020 “betrayal”
