BJP counters Congress' 'bhooka-nanga' jibe with 'Main bhi Shivraj hoon' poll campaign

Countering Congress' 'Bhookha-nanga' jibe, BJP Mhya Presh has launched a 'Main bhi Shivraj hoon' (I too am Shivraj) campaign for past four days. campaign is a de ringer of PM Modi's 'Main bhi Chowkidaar hoon' during Lok Sabha polls which successfully countered Rahul Gandhi's 'Chowkidaar Chor hai' jibe. Mhya Presh assembly's 28 seats will go to by-polls on vember 3 and counting on vember 10. 

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BJP starts 'I am Shivraj' campaign

Congress targets Shivraj Chouhan over his 'poverty-stricken' background, MP CM hits back

What h Congress said?

 Last Sunday, Congress leer Dinesh Gurjar h compared ex-CM Kamal Nath's affluent stature to CM Shivraj Chouhan's humble origins. At a public rally he said that former Mhya Presh CM Kamal Nath is a highly successful industrialist, whereas Shivraj Singh Chouhan who hailed from a poor background became wealthy at cost of farmers poverty. An FIR has been filed against Congress neta.

"Kamal Nath is India's number two industrialist. Unlike Shivraj, he is t from a poverty-stricken household "Bhuke Nange gharke". Shivraj h 5 acres of land, w he has thousands of acres as he has been drinking farmers' blood," Gurjar said.

Responding to slander, Chouhan on Monday iterated that his background has me him realise woes of poor and underprivileged sections of country. "Congress leers say I come from poor background. Yes, I belong to a poverty-stricken family, that's why I understand pain of those who are hungry. Yes, I am poor, that's why I teach poor sons and daughters as Mama...I am poor, that's why I understand pain of every poor person," Singh tweeted.

MP CM Shivraj Chouhan speaks to Arnab, hits back on Congress' 'bhooka-nanga' remark

Mhya Presh crisis & bypolls

crisis in Kamal Nath government started when Congress alleged BJP of poaching 4 MLAs - two of which returned to Kamal Nath's folds. Soon, 22 MLAs including 6 cabinet ministers - loyal to Jyotiritya Scindia - quit party, reducing Congress to a mirity government with 92 MLAs. Following this, Scindia resigned from Congress and n joined BJP. After Nath stepped down as CM and Mhya Presh Speaker accepted all 22 MLAs' resignation, all of m promptly joined BJP. Three more Congress MLAs have joined BJP since n - vacating 27 seats in Assembly. 28 seats are up for polls w.

MP by-polls: Kamal Nath launches Congress manifesto; lambasts CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan