Bhopal: Proving wrong his opponents' claim of being sidelined after refusing the CM post for the fifth time last year, BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan won from Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha Lok Sabha seat for the sixth time by a record margin of 8.21 lakh votes. of.
The four-time former MP Chief Minister, fondly known as "Mama" (uncle) and "paun-paun wale bhaiya" (foot soldier), worked hard on his 'mud-from-the-mud' image and social Made my mark. Economic concerns of farmers, villagers, women and children in the state.
During his tenure of over 18 years as CM, barring 15 months of Congress rule (in 2018), Chouhan has transformed himself from a shy, simple and weak politician to one with mass appeal and unparalleled hard work. Transformed into a smart leader.
The 65-year-old leader, who has an image of a soft-spoken man with simplicity, led the BJP's campaign in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state, projecting himself as one among the people, promising further development and no dearth of money. promised.For the populist schemes launched under his leadership.
On Sunday, Chouhan became a Union Cabinet minister for the first time in his more than three-decade-long political career.
His inclusion in the Union Cabinet was made clear after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised him at a rally in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
“Our brother Shivraj ji is a candidate from Vidisha. We both worked together in the organization, we both were chief ministers.When Shivraj went to Parliament, we were working together as general secretaries of the party. Now I want to take him once again with me (to Delhi)."
Born on March 5, 1959, in a farming family of Prem Singh Chauhan and Sundar Bai Chauhan in Jait village of Sehore district, Shivraj Singh Chauhan's political journey began with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) when he was just 13 years old.
His leadership skills first came to light when he was elected President of the Model Higher Secondary School Students' Union in 1975.
He participated in the underground movement against the Emergency and was jailed in 1976–77 and on several other occasions for political movements and public causes.An RSS volunteer since 1977, Chauhan is a gold medalist in Master of Philosophy from Barkatullah University, Bhopal.
He also served as the general secretary of the BJP and president of the MP unit of the party.
Chauhan was first elected to the MP Assembly in 1990 from Budhni constituency. The following year he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time from the Vidisha constituency. He was re-elected from this seat in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.He won his fifth Lok Sabha election by an impressive margin of over 2,60,000 votes.
Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Chouhan campaigned extensively for the BJP in the state, where the party won all 29 Lok Sabha seats, including Congress stronghold Chhindwara, which the saffron party failed to win. 2019.
Although Chouhan was not projected as the BJP's chief ministerial face in the 2023 MP Assembly elections, he has helped his party by launching game-changer schemes like Laadli Behna to overcome the anti-incumbency wave against the then government. Changed the situation in favor of.
In 2020, when the then Congress government fell, the BJP central leadership, in a surprise move, elected Chouhan as CM for a fourth term at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
Although the opposition Congress has linked Chauhan to the multi-crore Vyapam scam, he emerged clean.CBI has given him a clean chit in the case.
The four-time former MP Chief Minister, fondly known as "Mama" (uncle) and "paun-paun wale bhaiya" (foot soldier), worked hard on his 'mud-from-the-mud' image and social Made my mark. Economic concerns of farmers, villagers, women and children in the state.
During his tenure of over 18 years as CM, barring 15 months of Congress rule (in 2018), Chouhan has transformed himself from a shy, simple and weak politician to one with mass appeal and unparalleled hard work. Transformed into a smart leader.
The 65-year-old leader, who has an image of a soft-spoken man with simplicity, led the BJP's campaign in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state, projecting himself as one among the people, promising further development and no dearth of money. promised.For the populist schemes launched under his leadership.
On Sunday, Chouhan became a Union Cabinet minister for the first time in his more than three-decade-long political career.
His inclusion in the Union Cabinet was made clear after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised him at a rally in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
“Our brother Shivraj ji is a candidate from Vidisha. We both worked together in the organization, we both were chief ministers.When Shivraj went to Parliament, we were working together as general secretaries of the party. Now I want to take him once again with me (to Delhi)."
Born on March 5, 1959, in a farming family of Prem Singh Chauhan and Sundar Bai Chauhan in Jait village of Sehore district, Shivraj Singh Chauhan's political journey began with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) when he was just 13 years old.
His leadership skills first came to light when he was elected President of the Model Higher Secondary School Students' Union in 1975.
He participated in the underground movement against the Emergency and was jailed in 1976–77 and on several other occasions for political movements and public causes.An RSS volunteer since 1977, Chauhan is a gold medalist in Master of Philosophy from Barkatullah University, Bhopal.
He also served as the general secretary of the BJP and president of the MP unit of the party.
Chauhan was first elected to the MP Assembly in 1990 from Budhni constituency. The following year he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time from the Vidisha constituency. He was re-elected from this seat in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.He won his fifth Lok Sabha election by an impressive margin of over 2,60,000 votes.
Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Chouhan campaigned extensively for the BJP in the state, where the party won all 29 Lok Sabha seats, including Congress stronghold Chhindwara, which the saffron party failed to win. 2019.
Although Chouhan was not projected as the BJP's chief ministerial face in the 2023 MP Assembly elections, he has helped his party by launching game-changer schemes like Laadli Behna to overcome the anti-incumbency wave against the then government. Changed the situation in favor of.
In 2020, when the then Congress government fell, the BJP central leadership, in a surprise move, elected Chouhan as CM for a fourth term at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
Although the opposition Congress has linked Chauhan to the multi-crore Vyapam scam, he emerged clean.CBI has given him a clean chit in the case.