Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been invincible in his pocket borough Budhni assembly constituency, winning on all five occasions he has contested from here since 1990 and amassing 60 per cent or more votes since 2006. India News | Will Budhni Back ‘mama' Chouhan After BJP's Reluctance to Project Him as CM Face?.
The Madhya Pradesh election this time appears a bit different for Budhni, which has been voting for the BJP s CM face for a long time, as the ruling party has fielded seven Lok Sabha members, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Prahlad Patel, and general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Congress has this time fielded Vikram Mastal, a TV actor who had played the role of Hanuman in a serial, from Budhni to take on Chouhan, whose avuncular style had earned him the moniker ‘mama’ (maternal uncle)
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