Time to pay BJP back, says former MP CM Shivraj; exudes confidence in new CM Mohan Yadav

NEW DELHI: Former Madya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, at a press briefing on Tuesday, said it is time for him to pay back and continue working for the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has shown faith in him and trusted him with the post of CM for years. He was responding to a question on the party's choice for the post.

Besides highlighting the works done for the people of the state under his own governance, Chouhan expressed his confidence in the state's CM designate Mohan Yadav.

Chouhan said, "I am confident that under the leadership of CM Mohan Yadav, the BJP government will complete the ongoing projects in the state ... In terms of progress and development, Madhya Pradesh will achieve new heights. I will keep supporting him."

Madhya Pradesh went to the polls for 230 assembly seats in a single phase on November 17 and the counting of votes was done on December 3. The BJP, which had been battling close to 20 years of incumbency in the state, won a resounding mandate, bagging 163 seats, while the Congress finished a distant second at 66 seats.