{"id":936,"date":"2018-02-03T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T12:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2018-02-03T19:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T13:45:40","slug":"congress-will-come-back-madhya-pradesh-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/news\/congress-will-come-back-madhya-pradesh-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress will come back :Madhya Pradesh polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, three major BJP-ruled states will go to the polls: Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-in.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=IN&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=vipulmishra12-21&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=IN&#038;placement=B078MMG5ZL&#038;asins=B078MMG5ZL&#038;linkId=37e41958bf879ffa26c8f8d9fa1d5689&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Further complicating matters is the Congress, resurgent under its new chief Rahul Gandhi, which may pose a stiff challenge to the Narendra Modi &#8211; Amit Shah.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2nd test --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9595551360736809\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6399291002\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With 230 Assembly seats and 29 Lok Sabha seats up for grabs, Madhya Pradesh, which\u00a0usually goes to the polls in November-December, is perhaps the most important of all. With three consecutive victories, the challenge before the ruling BJP maintaining its winning streak while contending with the anti-incumbency factor both at the state (13 years of Shivraj Singh Chouhan rule) and the Centre (four years of Narendra Modi government).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Issue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Madhya Pradesh is largely a rural state. Crop failure in 2017 shows farmer crisis.\u00a0The issue grabbed national headlines last June after farmers protest turned violent in Mandsaur. With a farm loan waiver not in sight, a report in\u00a0<em>Hindustan Times\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0stated that BJP\u2019s failure to resolve the crisis may hit its rural vote bank.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2nd test --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9595551360736809\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6399291002\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The scam in Vyapam (a board which selects candidates for government posts through competitive exams), which was uncovered in 2013.\u00a0A\u00a0scholarship scam\u00a0(also unearthed in 2013) threatened to also drag the chief minister into a Lokayukta investigation.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2nd test --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9595551360736809\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6399291002\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe Congress\u00a0has been alleging\u00a0that corruption is at its &#8220;peak&#8221; in Madhya Pradesh. The Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ajay Singh claimed that multi-crore scams surfaced during the Shivraj regime.<\/p>\n<p>The number of educated unemployed youth is rising. As per the 2017 economic survey report, at least 14.1 lakh youth are unemployed, of which nearly 12.9 lakh are educated.<\/p>\n<p>31 districts during the 2017 monsoon season forced the government to declare\u00a013 districts as drought-hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key players in the fray this time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shivraj Singh Chouhan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The three-time chief minister and the OBC face of the BJP is likely to fight for his fourth consecutive term. He is already the longest serving chief minister of the state. However, several reports of his imminent departure from state politics have been making the rounds after\u00a0he did not attend\u00a0the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kailash Vijayvargiya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A six-time MLA and former cabinet minister, Vijayvargiya is currently a national general secretary of the BJP. He is also\u00a0reportedly\u00a0a Shivraj rival and <strong>a favourite of BJP president Amit Shah<\/strong>. He is also\u00a0tipped\u00a0to take over as the party unit chief in the upcoming organisational restructuring.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2nd test --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9595551360736809\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6399291002\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jyotiraditya Scindia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Lok Sabha MP from Guna and a former Union minister is being considered a prospective chief ministerial face of the Congress party. Congress recent win in the Chitrakoot Assembly by-election under his leadership\u00a0has reportedly\u00a0rejuvenated the party ahead of the Assembly elections. While he has the\u00a0backing of\u00a0senior leader Kamal Nath, infighting within the party may be major cause for worry.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 2nd test --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9595551360736809\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6399291002\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Digvijaya Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two-time chief minister is currently undertaking the <strong>3,000-kilometre long Narmada Yatra<\/strong>. Though he maintains that it is a spiritual yatra, reports claim that his journey will cover at least 100 Assembly seats. 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