M.P. bypolls acid test for Shivraj Chouhan
The Hindu
Chief Minister’s ability to beat anti-incumbency at stake in 3 Assembly, 1 Lok Sabha seat
Issues outside Madhya Pradesh — violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, rising prices and food inflation, and fertiliser shortage — are likely to impact by-elections in three Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat in the State, scheduled for October 30.
A win in two or more seats will consolidate the position of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the only BJP Chief Minister from the Vajpayee-Advani era still in power. A victory will also silence critics who have been expecting the central leadership of effect a reshuffle on the lines of Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Gujarat.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.