Madhya Pradesh Elections: Is it going to be Shivraj Singh Chauhan Vs Jyotiraditya Scindia?
Congress may project power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia as its chief
ministerial candidate in Madhya Pradesh, breaking from tradition. The move is
said to be scripted by the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
The party is gearing up to pit the 42-year-old leader considered close to
Gandhi against BJP's two-time chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, 53, ahead
of the assembly elections in November, a senior Congress leader said. The move
marks a course correction after the party suffered repeated defeats when it did
not project chief ministerial candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and, more
recently, Gujarat, said the leader, adding that the party did much better in
Himachal Pradesh, where it projected Virbhadra Singh despite a local court
framing graft charges against him. This will also be the first acknowledgement
within Congress that a GenNext leader, other than a Gandhi, can bring in
electoral gains, added the leader, who did not wish to be named.
Why is Shivraj Singh Chauhan afraid of Jyotiraditya
Scindia?
There is no doubt that only Jyotiraditya Scindia can be the real challenge
to the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh in the next Assembly elections if he is
projected as the chief minister candidate from the Congress party. He was a
strong contender for the president of the Pradesh Congress Committee after
Suresh Pachouri offered to relinquish responsibility in lieu of the defeat in
the Assembly polls two years ago. But the Congress high command appointed the
tribal MP from Jhabua and former Union minister Kantilal Bhuria as the new
party chief who is also a loyal supporter of Digvijaya Singh. Jyotiraditya
Scindia has been taking on the state’s BJP government for the misuse of Central
funds and has become Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s main adversary.
The state government does not lose any opportunity to act against the
‘Maharaja’ of Gwalior. Sometime ago when the district administration was
widening roads, it declared that the elephant sculptures outside the gates of
the Scindia palace will have to be removed. But Jyotiraditya, who doesn’t want
any controversy, took the initiative and had the elephants removed. Now another
incident has come to light. The late Madhavrao Scindia’s wife and
Jyoti-raditya’s mother Madhavi Raje’s trust wanted to build a hospital (a
franchisee of the famous Fortis hospital group) in Gwalior. Land belonging to
the Scindia family was chosen and a No Objection Certificate was
applied for from the district collector for construction. At first
the district authorities gave permission but later withdrew the permission
claiming the land belongs to the government. Scindia’s trust furnished all
documents but nothing happened.
Lets wait for the next elections.
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