
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Bharatiya Janata Party
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Shivraj Singh Chouhan is a veteran leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for three terms -- from November 29, 2005, to December 16, 2018.
He was elected a Member of Parliament for the first time in his career in 10th Lok Sabha from Vidisha Constituency in 1991. He currently represents the Budhni constituency in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In December last year, Chouhan lost the chief minister's chair in Madhya Pradesh after three consecutive terms in what was a major upset for the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Chouhan replaced Babulal Gaur as Madhya Pradesh chief minister on November 29, 2005, and remained in the saddle since then unchallenged till the party's defeat at the hustings in December last year.
He also served as the general secretary of the BJP and the president of the party's MP unit. Further, Chouhan's Ladli Laxmi Yojna, Mukhya Mantri Kanyadan Yojna, Mukhya Mantri Teerth Darshan Yojna, bicycle scheme for school children, Re 1 per kg rice and Rs 2 per kg wheat schemes and the Sambal Yojna offering electricity at Rs 200 were emulated by some other states. Under Chouhan's leadership, Indore and Bhopal got the "cleanest city" awards under the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.
In January this year, the BJP appointed former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as one of its vice-presidents, bringing the powerful state leader into national politics. Chouhan was also a member of the committee tasked with preparing BJP's manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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MP to get 450 MT of medical oxygen soon for Covid-19 patients: CM Chouhan
Madhya Pradesh would get 450 metric tonnes of medical oxygen from other states shortly for treatment of critical COVID-19 ...| April 16, 2021, Friday -
MP govt aiming to generate 100,000 jobs per month: CM Shivraj Chouhan
The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh was aiming to generate one lakh jobs per month, mostly in small and micro industries, ...| April 08, 2021, Thursday -
60-hour weekend lockdown in all Madhya Pradesh cities: CM Chouhan
A lockdown will be enforced in all cities of Madhya Pradesh from 6 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday to check the spread of the ...| April 08, 2021, Thursday -
Madhya Pradesh govt to procure Remdesivir injections for poor patients: CM
The MP government has decided to procure Remdesivir injections so that they could be provided free of cost for the treatment of ...| April 07, 2021, Wednesday -
Coronavirus: MP's Jabalpur observes complete lockdown for today
Jabalpur has been placed under a complete lockdown on Sunday due to rising Covid cases| March 21, 2021, Sunday -
Have instructed team to discuss night curfew, says CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday informed that the Madhya Pradesh government has ...| March 15, 2021, Monday -
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan to inaugurate 'Hunar Haat' in Bhopal on Mar 13
Chouhan will on March 13 inaugurate the 27th edition of 'Hunar Haat' that will bring together indigenous artisans and craftsmen ...| March 07, 2021, Sunday -
Mamata will be out of power on May 2: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Chouhan asserted on Sunday that the BJP will win the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, and Mamata Banerjee will lose ...| March 01, 2021, Monday -
Madhya Pradesh Assembly session begins, govt to table Budget on March 2
The session would be held for 33 days and 23 meetings are proposed. The Budget for the forthcoming financial year 2021-22 would ...| February 22, 2021, Monday -
Drafting of law to curb stone-pelting in final stage: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The new Madhya Pradesh law will have a provision for auctioning the assets of stone pelters to repay for any damage caused to ...| February 12, 2021, Friday