Will miss me when I am gone, says Shivraj Chouhan; Cong has an interpretation

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh chief miner Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that he had changed the definition of politics in Madhya Pradesh providing a government that cared for the people, and said that he would be missed when he wasn’t around. Madhya Pradesh chief miner Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the trial run of Indore Metro train on Sept. 30 (PTI) The chief miner referred to the constituents as his family and the women, his sers. “For me, politics means serving the public and serving the public is for me, like worshipping God. I changed the definition of politics in Madhya Pradesh. Our poor brothers and sers, farmer brothers and sers, you have seen the rule of Congress for years. Tell me, was there ever such concern for the public? What used to happen…? I don’t run the government. I run a family. You all are my family,” Chouhan said at a meeting in Sehore drict’s Ladkui area, which falls under the Budhni assembly seat that has voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in all assembly elections since 1985. “You will not find such a brother. You will miss me when I am gone,” added Chouhan, who has represented the seat since 2006. The chief miner’s emotional speech was interpreted the Congress to allude to the BJP’s reluctance to name him as the party’s presumptive chief miner. For now, the BJP, which plans to focus on the government’s women-centric policies, has stressed that the election will be fought under the “collective leadership” of Prime Miner Narendra Modi and CM Chauhan. Congress leaders interpreted Chouhan’s remarks to be an acknowledgement that his party had sidelined him. “The truth has come out. Shivraj ji, now that you yourself have accepted that we will miss you a lot after you are gone… You will definitely be remembered for scams, corruption, false – never-fulfilling declarations, atrocities and other irregularities,” MP Congress Committee state media in-charge KK Mishra said. Former chief miner Kamal Nath said the “people of the state will remember his (Shivraj Singh Chouhan) lies and failed promises.” MP BJP spokesperson Hitesh Vajpayee said the Congress leaders were trying to give the chief miner’s emotional outreach to people a spin. “Shivraj ji was talking with his family members, and he got emotional that we won’t get a brother like him. This is true that nobody can be like Shivraj. But Congress leaders are getting happy after lening to this emotional speech and trying to give it a wrong spin. They don’t know that their dreams will not come true in this election,” said Hitesh Vajpayee, spokesperson, BJP. Girija Shankar, a Bhopal-based political expert, said it was not uncommon for political parties and leaders to use their emotional appeal. “Chief miner Chouhan just played this emotional card because he knows people respect him,” he said. “Exciting news! Hindustan Times is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!” Click here! ABOUT THE AUTHOR She is a senior reporter based at Bhopal. She covers higher education, social issues, youth affairs, woman and child development related issues, sports and business & industries. …view detail