Madhya Pradesh: Issue-less Congress has only one slogan 'Shivraj hatao'

Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the opposition party has no real issue in the upcoming assembly elections except for one and that's to "remove Shivraj".

Shivraj Singh Chauhan addressing a gathering on Independence Day 2018/ File Image : PTI

JABALPUR: Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the opposition party has no real issue in the upcoming assembly elections except for one and that's to "remove Shivraj". Addressing a poll rally in Jabalpur during his 'Jan Ashirwad yatra', the chief minister said he calls for removing poverty from the state while the Congress asks people to remove his government. "Main kehta hoon ke gharibi hatao, wo kehte hain ki Shivraj hatao. Main kehta hun ki bachchon ki fees bharwao, wo kehte hain ki Shivraj hatao. Main kehta hoon ke bimaron ka ilaaj karao, wo kehte hain ki Shivraj hatao (I say remove poverty, they say remove Shivraj. I say pay the fee of students, they say remove Shivraj. I call for treatment of those suffering, they say remove Shivraj)," the MP chief minister said terming the Congress a "power hungry" party. He said Madhya Pradesh will become a prosperous state in the next five years, if the BJP gets the popular mandate for another term. Mocking Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Shivraj said those who never visited any agricultural land were talking about farmers as the election is approaching. Shivraj also targeted the Congress saying when the BJP formed the government in 2003, the condition of the state was "miserable". The BJP has been ruling the state for the last 15 years. Madhya Pradesh will go to polls on November 28. Counting of votes will take place on December 11. In the 2013 Assembly polls, the BJP had won 165 seats in the 230-member House. The Congress got 58 seats, the BSP four and one seat was won by an Independent.