Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan,60, said here on Tuesday that he was not willing to contest general elections. Chouhan, sources said, wanted either himself or his wife, Sadhna Singh, to contest from a safer seat like Vidisha and that Bhopal was not his choice. There are other workers,” he said, pointing to many leaders in the BJP who were capable of defeating Digvijaya Singh. “We are not creating any hype but he (Digvijaya Singh) knows what he has done. State Congress spokesperson, Pankaj Chaturvedi, said, “The BJP leadership is treating Shivraj Singh Chouhan as a leader who has lost his value for the party.

Source: Hindustan Times April 02, 2019 10:52 UTC