A son(ny) address: Shivraj Singh Chouhan's son makes political debut

On Monday, Kartikey Singh Chouhan, elder of the two sons of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, addressed a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election meeting in Kolaras assembly constituency. Kartikey, in his early 20s and a law graduate, has addressed public meetings earlier, but this was his first outside Budhni, the assembly constituency of his father. Kolaras in Shivpuri district is slated for a bypoll. Madhya Pradesh assembly polls are scheduled at the end of the year, and a win in the bypoll is crucial for the ruling BJP as well as opposition Congress. Kartikey addressing a public meeting has yet again fuelled speculation about his impending entry into politics. However, he won't be the first son of a politician to enter MP politics. Sons of Ravi Shankar Shukla, Arjun Singh, Madhavrao Scindia and Digvijaya Singh have all followed their fathers into politics in the state.