<p><br>On Thursday, a day after Independence Day, Chouhan will be in the state Congress chief Kamal Nath’s Chh... Read More

(This story originally appeared in on Aug 14, 2018)

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has chosen to tour the strongholds of all three top Congress leaders, Kamal Nath , Digvijaya Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia , within five days as part of his 52-day long Jan Ashirwad Yatra. Chouhan was in Guna and Raghogarh on Sunday, the bastions of Scindia and Singh respectively, where he launched strong attacks on them.

On Thursday, a day after Independence Day, Chouhan will be in the state Congress chief Kamal Nath’s Chhindwara. This visit of the CM to Chhindwara will be highly-watched as the upcoming state elections are being seen as a direct contest between Chouhan and Nath. “We were in area of the Maharaja (Scindia) and the Raja (Digvijaya Singh) and now we will be going to the constituency of Kamal Nath. The huge crowds and response has shown that there is no antiincumbency and we are storming back to power again. The CM is going to all 230 constituencies in 52 days...,” incharge of Chouhan’s Yatra, Prabhat Jha told ET.

An aggressive Chouhan attacked Scindia in Guna, saying the latter wore garlands of lemons and chillies but would not know how chillies are grown in the fields. He took on Digvijaya in Raghogarh, saying the constituency needed “independence” from the Congress. Digvijaya Singh, whose father was the Raja of Raghogarh, has been the four-time MLA from Raghogarh and last defeated Chouhan from this seat in 2003.

