Madhya Pradesh election: CM Shivraj Chouhan files nomination from Budhni

Madhya Pradesh election 2023: Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged people to 'consider themselves as Shivraj' and ensure his victory on the basis of welfare works he has done

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday filed his nomination as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Budhni Assembly constituency. Monday was the last date for filing nominations, while scrutiny will take place on Tuesday. 

Ahead of filing nomination papers, CM Chouhan visited his village Jait in the district, held a roadshow and also addressed a public gathering in the district.

"We will serve the public and will do it in such a way that the world would remember that someone had come. The aim of my life is to make the lives of the people better. I want to tell the women of the entire state that in the coming five years, I will make every sister a Lakhpati Didi," CM Chouhan was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

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He also urged people to "consider themselves as Shivraj" and ensure his victory on the basis of welfare works he has done in his political career.

"This is my birthplace, workplace, holy land as well as motherland," an emotional Chouhan said.

Chouhan will contest the elections from the Budhni seat against Congress candidate and actor Vikram Mastal and Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Mahamandaleshwar Swami Vairagyanand Giri alias Mirchi Baba.

The Madhya Pradesh election will see a tight contest between the BJP and the Congress. The SP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have also fielded their candidates for the state polls. Both the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress have announced their candidates for all the 230 assembly seats in the state. Assembly polls will be held in Madhya Pradesh on November 17, while votes will be counted on December 3.