BJP president Amit Shah (centre) with Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (right) and state party president Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan (left) at an event in Bhopal on Friday. Photo: PTIBhopal: Amid speculation that Shivraj Singh Chouhan could be shifted to the Centre before the next year’s assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday said the tenure of Madhya Pradesh chief minister was “till 2019”. Under his leadership Madhya Pradesh, once a laggard, has become a developed state,” Shah said, speaking to reporters in Bhopal. Chouhan has been the chief minister since November 2005, while Nand Kumar Chauhan’s first stint as state BJP chief ended recently. There was speculation in political circles that chief minister Chouhan could be inducted in the Union cabinet before the assembly polls which are due next year.

Source: Mint August 19, 2017 16:41 UTC