Meanwhile, there is buzz about five-time MP and Union Minister Prahlad Patel considered close to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and who contested from Narsinghpur to be a strong contender for the Chief Minister's post owing to his organisational skills.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was seen in a jubilant mood at his residence and flashed a victory sign at CM House along with his family, in Bhopal on Sunday.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday remembered and paid tribute to Bharat Ratna and the country's first President Dr Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary by garlanding his statue on behalf of the people of the state.
Scindia, a former Congress leader who switched over the party to come with the BJP in 2020, also took a swipe at the grand old party and said that his party did the work 'quietly' while the Congress was busy preparing Ladoos and congratulatory posters.
Chouhan relied heavily on schemes for women like the 'Ladli Behna Yojana' under which Rs 1250 are being transferred monthly to eligible women from poor families in the state. Congress has described it an election sop, implemented months before the assembly polls, the BJP leaders have said
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have taken a comfortable lead in Madhya Pradesh as per the latest trends of the Election Commission of India.
With less than 12 hours to the counting day, BJP leader and the party's candidate from the Tijara Assembly constituency of Rajasthan, Baba Balak Nath, on Saturday lashed out at the Congress saying the saffron party would form the government and rid the state of the incumbent.
"Wait till tomorrow, they (Congress) will raise questions on EVM machines, as they are raising questions on exit polls. When Congress party faces defeat then they question Court, army, vaccines, exit polls and will raise questions on EVM tomorrow," Mishra said.
The Tripura government has set a target of purchasing 40,000 metric tonnes of paddy from farmers at the minimum support price during the kharif season. Paddy will be purchased at the rate of Rs 21.83 per kg, said a press release issued by the government.
An official statement released by the Congress said, "Under the guidance of Kamalnath ji on December 2, 2023, a war room has been set up in PCC Bhopal. Any kind of questions and your for the redressal of complaints, a team of legal experts will be available in the presence of Kamal Nath j