Will MP Municipal polls results bring an end to Shivraj’s CMship?

New Delhi: The results of the municipal elections held in two phases of Madhya Pradesh are out. Both the major parties of the state are interpreting it in their own way before the public, but it is being interpreted differently within both the parties. BJP leaders are interpreting this in two ways. Leaders close to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan are calling it a big victory and they say that this has put an end to the speculation of changing the Chief Minister. In his support, he is using the congratulations given by the Prime Minister.

The second camp is peddling the narrative that last time not a single Congress mayor could win, while this time five mayors won. Last time, all 16 mayors were from BJP, while this time there are only nine. In this way, discussions are being held to change the CM before next year’s assembly elections. Although it is not known what the BJP high command will do, but from Narottam Mishra to Prahlad Patel, many names, as potential CM, have also started to be floated around. There is a separate debate between Congress and BJP about this. Congress is calling it its big victory and has claimed that Kamal Nath will come to power again in next year’s elections. The party leaders maintain that in the elections held in 2015, not a single Congress mayor had won, then in 2018, Congress won, while this time five Congress mayors have won. The Congress has also won in Jyotiraditya Scindia’s stronghold Gwalior and Narendra Singh Tomar’s stronghold Morena. On the other hand, BJP says that Congress has got half the victory from BJP despite all the efforts. Nine out of 16 mayors of the state belong to the BJP, while the Congress has five. Similarly, in these 16 municipal corporations, the BJP has won 491 wards, while the Congress has won 274. The BJP has won 975 wards in 76 municipalities of the state, while the Congress has won in 571. Furthermore, the BJP has won 2,002 wards and the Congress in 1,087 wards of the state’s 225 councils.