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Sons of CMs in MP politics नरेन्द्र कुमार सिंह मध्य प्रदेश में शिवराज सिंह चौहान के पहले १५ मुख्यमंत्री हो चुके हैं. इनमें एक भी ऐसा नहीं था जिसके पुत्र या निकट सम्बन्धी राजनीति में न गए हों. राज्य कांग्रेस का मौजदा नेतृत्व अभी ऐसे लोगों के हाथ में है जो अपने खानदान में दूसरी या तीसरी पीढ़ी के नेता हैं. प्रतिपक्ष के नेता अजय सिंह अपने खानदान में तीसरी पीढ़ी के नेता हैं. उनके पिता अर्जुन सिंह तीन दफा मध्य प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री रह चुके हैं और दादा शिव बहादुर सिंह तत्कालीन विन्ध्य प्रदेश में मिनिस्टर थे. प्रदेश कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष अरुण यादव के पिता सुभाष यादव डिप्टी चीफ मिनिस्टर थे. प्रदेश के अगले मुख्यमंत्री बनने की चाहत रखने वाले ज्योतिरादित्य सिंधिया का तो पूरा परिवार ही तीन पीढ़ियों से राजनीति में रमा है. दादी विजयाराजे सिंधिया से शुरू यह सियासी सफ़र इस राज परिवार को इतना भाया कि उनके एकलौते बेटे माधवराव सिंधिया के अलावा दो बेटियां, वसुंधरा राजे सिंधिया और यशोधरा राजे सिंधिया भी उसी राजमार्ग पर चल पड़ी.  वसुंधरा अभी राजस्थान की मुख्यमंत्री हैं और यशोधरा ...

NK SINGH The last day of March 2017 will always be remembered as apolitical milestone in the history of Madhya Pradesh. That was the day, Shivraj Singh Chouhan became the first BJP chief minister to challenge the politically powerful Scindia dynasty. Addressing an election rally in Bhind, part of the erstwhile Scindia empire, Chouhan shocked everyone, including senior BJP leaders, by launching a frontal attack on the royal family. In a politically loaded statement, Chouhan said that during the 1857 uprising Scindias “sided with British”. “Ater region had stood with Maharani Laxmibai and not with British. I know that Scindias sided with British and persecuted the people of this region,” he said, praising the people of the poll-bound area for their “ardent patriotism”. Soon minor BJP leaders jumped in the fray, describing the royal family’s history as a “matter of national shame”. Apparently, Chouhan’s unprovoked attack on the clan was a calculated risk. He was targeting Congre...

NK SINGH Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s political career started quite early. According to his official website, he fought for farm workers of his village when he was just nine. As president of his school union in Bhopal, he learnt the ropes at 16. A year later, Government detained him under draconian MISA during Emergency. Shivraj became the youngest person to be arrested under MISA and underwent rite of passage in Bhopal jail, where he spent nine months in the company of senior RSS leaders. It is natural for a son to follow the footsteps of his father. Kartikey Singh Chouhan, the chief minister’s 23-year-old son, has also taken plunge into political arena. He entered state politics last week, addressing a rally of Kirar-Dhakad community in poll bound Kolaras. It was a remarkable political launch. Junior Chouhan was pitted against Jyotiraditya Scindia, one of the topmost leaders of MP Congress, who was addressing a parallel rally of Kirar-Dhakad co...

Is his Narmada yatra political pilgrimage or spiritual journey? NK SINGH AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh wants to be relieved of all organisational responsibilities. He has already written a letter about it to his bosses, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her deputy, Rahul Gandhi. Translated in plain English, he has quit party posts and is, at present, serving notice period. Singh is also a member of the powerful Congress Working Committee and is on several important committees of the party. According to party sources, the Congress high command has accepted his resignation and indicated that he will be shortly divested of his position and responsibilities in the organisation. Singh, 70, had asked for sabbatical to go on a six month pilgrimage, walking the 2,600 km long banks of Narmada. The traditional Narmada parikrama (circumambulation of the holy river) starts from its source at Amarkantak hills in MP to the river’s mouth at Bharuch in Gujarat, where it drain...