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Will Shivraj's welfare model deliver MP for BJP?

The elections in the Hindi heartland are boiling down to the governance track record of BJP's regional satraps. In Madhya Pradesh, where Shivraj Singh Chouhan has headed the government for 13 of the last 15 years that BJP has been in power in the state, the primary axis of the campaign is turning on his welfare schemes and social welfare spending. These schemes delivered MP for BJP in 2008 and 2013 but this time the man they call 'Mamaji' is facing his toughest electoral battle yet in the face of a resurgent Congress. This episode of Election With Times travels to MP to decode the Shivraj Singh Chouhan model and brings you the ground flavours of the campaign.

from The Times of India https://ift.tt/2Qig0zs

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