Chouhan returns to power in MP, Uma knocked out
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan returned to power for the second successive term decimating all charges of corruption against his government.
By Agencies |
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan returned to power for the second successive term decimating all charges of corruption against his government. Born on March 6, 1959 at village Jait in Sehore district, Chouhan had won the Lok Sabha polls five times from Vidisha and was also elected as the member of the State Assembly twice.
The 49-year-old began his electoral politics by winning Budhni assembly seat in 1990, but quit the seat on November 23, 1991 to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Vidisha seat. Since then he has represented Vidisha where he is popularly known as panv-panv wale bhaiya (one who always toured the constituency on foot) till he was elected the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan was elected MP from Vidisha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. After becoming Madhya Pradesh CM on November 29, 2005, Chouhan entered the state assembly again from Budhni seat on May 6, 2006.
The poll results, meanwhile, didn't do much to boost Bharatiya Janshakti Party president Uma Bharti's confidence.
Bharti, who had initially said that she would not contest the elections, later changed her mind and decided to enter the race from Tikamgarh.
However, she lost to Yadvendra Singh of the Congress with BJP's Akhand Pratap Singh being relegated to the fourth place. The BJP candidate lost his security deposit.
The 49-year-old began his electoral politics by winning Budhni assembly seat in 1990, but quit the seat on November 23, 1991 to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Vidisha seat. Since then he has represented Vidisha where he is popularly known as panv-panv wale bhaiya (one who always toured the constituency on foot) till he was elected the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan was elected MP from Vidisha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. After becoming Madhya Pradesh CM on November 29, 2005, Chouhan entered the state assembly again from Budhni seat on May 6, 2006.
The poll results, meanwhile, didn't do much to boost Bharatiya Janshakti Party president Uma Bharti's confidence.
Bharti, who had initially said that she would not contest the elections, later changed her mind and decided to enter the race from Tikamgarh.
However, she lost to Yadvendra Singh of the Congress with BJP's Akhand Pratap Singh being relegated to the fourth place. The BJP candidate lost his security deposit.
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