Tag: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Nitin Gadkari, who is a former party president, is said to be close to the top brass of the RSS. He is also the sitting MP from Nagpur.

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its attack on BJD, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today accused the Naveen Patnaik government of having failed on all fronts and claimed that development is not possible under the incumbent government in Odisha. Addressing a mass gathering in Bargarh district during his visit to attend BJP’s ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ programme, Madhya […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Odisha visit, 3 Congress leaders including former MLA Nihar Mahananda and over 20 activists of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were detained in Bargarh today. Apprehending law and order problem, several Congress activists and leaders are being taken into preventive custody as a precautionary measure, police […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik chosen by the Centre as a member of the Committee of Chief Ministers to prepare roadmap for promotion of digital payment systems in the country today said he would ensure improvement of banking facilities in rural parts. Commenting on the Centre’s decision, Patnaik said here, “I will work towards […]

New Delhi: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday attacked the opposition, saying they were coming together fearing defeat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “Fearing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, they all are coming together after looking at the massive support towards Modi,” Chouhan said […]

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday tendered his resignation to the Governor and decided that the BJP will not stake claim to form a government in the state as they have not secured a majority. “As we have not got the majority in the state so we are not going to […]

Gwalior (MP): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday alleged that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s family was involved in the multi-crore-rupee Vyapam scam that came to light a few years ago. On the campaign trail in Madhya Pradesh, where the Assembly polls will be held on November 28, Gandhi said the massive recruitment and […]

Bhopal: Days after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that people in India should use words “Mata” and “Pita” for their parents, a state minister has announced that from now onwards, the students will have to answer their roll-call with “Jai Hind”. While addressing NCC cadets on the National Cadet Corps Day on […]

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday ended his indefinite fast, which he launched on Saturday here, for restoration of peace in his state rocked by agitation of farmers and violence. Former Chief Minister Kailash Joshi offered Chouhan coconut water to help him break his two-day-old fast at the Dussehra Maidan here. Chouhan […]

Bhopal: Amid spiralling protest by Madhya Pradesh farmers, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday began his indefinite fast here that will continue “until peace is restored”. The Chief Minister sat down on fast at the BHEL Dussehra Maidan here at 11 a.m. He will also run his government from the venue, an official said. […]

Bhopal: The Congress on Tuesday handed over the list of 21 lakh farmers whose loans the ruling party says it has waived off to former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Under the leadership of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Suresh Pachauri, a large number of party workers reached Chouhan’s residence in […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to give a boost to the membership drive of the BJP in Odisha, party’s convener of national membership drive and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit the State on August 10. BJP State General Secretary Prithviraj Harichandan informed media that Chouhan will kick off the membership […]

Bhubaneswar: Coming down heavily on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Convener of BJP’s national membership drive and former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that even after ruling the State for 20 years, Patnaik still cannot speak the language of the Odia people. “Even a stone could have learnt to speak Odia in […]

Bhubaneswar: When the Naveen-led BJD is giving every inch of its support to the Modi-led government on crucial national issues like Article 370, Triple Talaq etc, the ‘people’s CM’ and ‘proud Uncle’ of BJP and former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has today very subtly laid out the nuances of current and future relationship between […]

Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to revoke the Constitution’s Article 370, that granting a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, had corrected the “criminal action” by the country’s first prime minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Chouhan, who said that he earlier considered Modi […]