Sometimes one ends up in exile while waiting for coronation: Ex-M.P. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan reflects on his future role in BJP after Madhya Pradesh's landslide victory in 2023.

Keeping political pundits guessing about his future role in the Bharatiya Janata Party, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said said sometimes one ends up in "vanvas" while waiting for "rajtilak" (coronation).

After the BJP's landslide victory in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls held in November 2023, the party chose Mohan Yadav as the Chief Minister, replacing Chouhan who served as the state's CM for four times.

Mr. Chouhan, while addressing a gathering in Shahganj town under his Budhni assembly seat on January 2, 2024,, got emotional and said he will continue to be among the people, especially his sisters.

"I will not go anywhere. I will live here and die here," Mr. Chouhan said when a couple of women sitting in the audience shouted "bhaiyya (brother), don't go anywhere leaving us alone."

The former chief minister said all the works started by the previous BJP government, including the Ladli Behna Yojana (for women's welfare), housing scheme for beneficiaries of the Ladli Behna scheme, a scheme of one job in each family and promises made to farmers, will be fulfilled by the present government.

The new government will take forward all these works. There must be some big objective somewhere, sometimes by the time 'rajtilak' takes place, one even ends up in 'vanvas' (exile). But all this happens to fulfil some or the other objective," Mr. Chouhan told the gathering.

He said the present ruling dispensation will implement all these schemes as there is BJP's government in the State and not of the Congress.