MP polls: CM Chouhan, Cong's leader of oppn file nomination papers

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Monday filed nomination papers from Budhni seat in Sehore district in the poll-bound state.

MP goes to polls on November 28 and votes will be counted on December 11.

Budhni, over 60 kilometres from here, is Chouhan's home turf from where he was first elected as MLA in 1990. This would be the fifth time he will be contesting from the seat, close to his ancestral village of Jait in Sehore.

At the time of filing nomination papers, Chouhan was accompanied by his wife, Sadhna Singh, sons Kunal and Kartikey, his election agent Ramakant Bhargava and lawyer Shrey Raj Saxena.

Before arriving to file his nomination papers, Chouhan and family prayed at his clan deity's temple as well as at the Narmada River, considered holy by Hindus, in Jait village.

Addressing party workers ahead of filing his papers, Chouhan mocked the opposition Congress, out of power in the state since 2003, about the condition of roads during its rule.

"Everybody knows the number of roads constructed during our stint can easily outnumber the number of potholes that existed during the Congress regime," he claimed.

Urging people to identify those who had pushed the state into "backwardness and darkness", Chouhan said, "Without taking my name their day is not completed. They did not like the development that took place during my tenure. Therefore, I have become a thorn in their eyes, whether it is raja, maharaja or udyogpati."