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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was once projected as the dark horse to win the country’s top job in the event of BJP needing allies to stitch together “a secular coalition”. The crystal clear mandate for Narendra Modi has laid to rest all such speculation.
Chouhan was quick to credit the historic victory to Modi and praised him for “fulfilling the dream of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Deendayal Upadhyay.” He did not forget to mention Atal Behari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Rajnath Singh.
“Modiji ke to peeche hi pade the (they were after Modi),” he said of various allegations by the Opposition against BJP’s PM candidate and added people rejected such politics of accusations and counter-accusations.
“Acche din aa gaye hain,” (good days are here) he said, tweaking the party’s campaign slogan. Alleging the UPA discriminated against state governments run by rival parties, he said the Modi government would ensure justice to all.”
He lauded his novel idea of a separate cabinet comprising PM and chief ministers, including those belonging to rival parties. Recalling Rahul Gandhi’s act of tearing up the ordinance on tainted legislators, Chouhan said the Congress leadership was arrogant and conceited and paid a heavy price.
“The country will now earn its due internationally,” he said but refused to answer a query on his stand on controversial issues like Ram Mandir and Article 370, now that the BJP has won a clear mandate. “The party and the government will decide that,” he said.
Chouhan, who will be in Delhi on Saturday, said he has a roadmap for Madhya Pradesh’s development and will discuss it on priority with Modi.
He warned BJP cadres against any arrogance on their part and said the Congress may have won Guna and Chhindwara because sitting MPs Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kamal Nath had some work to their credit.
