The 15-year-old anti-incumbency is giving tough time to the BJP leaders in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
While the elections are just a couple of weeks away, the BJP leaders including wife of Chief Minister and his son are facing ire of voters.
Videos of voters expressing resentment are doing rounds on social media for past few days. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s wife Sadhna Singh and son Kartikeya Chouhan have been campaigning on behalf of Shivraj Singh in Budhni, which is being represented by Chouhan for past five terms.
One video which went viral on the social media sites shows the CM's wife Sadhna Singh being shouted away in Rehti village during the election campaign. Women of Rehti have been complaining about the drinking water problem for the last one decade.
Besides CM Chouhan, BJP minister Umashankar Gupta, Deepak Joshi, Bhopal MLA Surendranath Singh, Member of Parliament Manohar Untwal, Morena BJP candidate Gabbar Shankhwar and Indore candidate Sudarshan Gupta, too, have been shouted away by the voters during the campaign. On some place, black flag had been shown to them.
The videos which are widely circulating on the social networking sites and messaging apps are causing embarrassment to the ruling party leaders.
The reason for the voters’ ire is the series of unfulfilled promises made by the BJP government and local leaders. In some places they are complaining for basic amenities like drinking water, roads, etc.
When the cabinet minister and MLA from Bhopal South-West Umashankar Gupta, went to meet voters in his own constituency, a group of women started complaining about the problems prevailing in the locality which upset the minister and he left the place in a hurry.
Similar public anger was aimed at the district BJP Chief and MLA from Bhopal Madhya Surendranath Singh. The voters waved black flags and demanded him to go back.