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MP elections 2018: Did Shivraj Chouhan plant Sanjay Singh Masani in Cong?

There are doubts within the party that Shivraj Singh Chouhan may have planted his brother-in-law there sensing BJP's imminent defeat

Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Photo: Suryakant Niwate
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Photo: Suryakant Niwate

Rakesh Dixit | TheWire
As campaigning gathers steam in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan may rest assured that the Congress will not rake up old allegations of corruption against his wife Sadhna Singh – for she is also the sister of a Congress candidate.

Sanjay Singh Masani, the Congress candidate from Waraseoni assembly seat in Balaghat district, has often been hyphenated with his sister whenever the opposition has charged the chief minister of misusing his power for the illegal gratification of his family. Sanjay Singh-Sadhna Singh, the brother-sister duo, has figured in a host of Congress allegations ranging from the Vyapam