'Maine sauda nahi kiya': Kamal Nath recalls 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis, calls Shivraj Singh 'artist'

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ALSO READ: Madhya Pradesh Polls 2023: What BJP, Congress promised for the women in poll-bound state After the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Election, the Congress formed the government under Kamal Nath. However, in March 2020, Jyotiraditya Scindia and MLAs loyal to him resigned and crossed over to the BJP, toppling the Kamal Nath-led Congress government. The BJP had then formed the government in the state, with Shivraj Singh Chouhan returning as the chief minister.

Referring to this political crisis in 2020, Kamal Nath said, "We were moving forward since the beginning and then there was a deal cracked. I was a CM that time, I could have also taken the deal... MLAs would come to me and say we are getting crores.

I told them, mauj karo, mai kisi se sauda nahi karne wala (you enjoy, but I'm not going to have to deal with anyone". He said that back then, he had thought, "Kursi jati hai to jaye, mai sauda nahi karunga and maine sauda nahi kiya...(If I lose the CM post, fine, but I will ever have a deal with anyone, and I never did it)". He added, "I would never identify the politics of Madhya Pradesh with such deals." While addressing people at a rally in Narmadapuram, Kamal Nath also hit out at the current Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, calling him an "artist.

"I just want to say, recognise Shivraj Singh ji. He is a good artist. His machine of lies is moving at a double speed nowadays.

His announcements is also running at double the speed," Kamal Nath said. The Congress leader further took a dig at Shivraj Singh Chouhan, saying that the women in the state became "ladli behna" when elections are around the corner. Kamal Nath said this in reference to the "Ladli Behna" scheme that the BJP government launched for