Calling him a confused person, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi has no idea whether onion grows in the soil or above it.
Defending his son in the Panama case, the Chouhan said, “Gandhi says my son’s name came up in Panama papers but we are mere farmers and added that they don’t even know what Panama is. Can confused people like him run a government?” Chouhan further asked.
Chouhan has filed his nomination papers from Budhni seat in Sehore district and Congress’ Arun Yadav, will contest against the Chouhan.
Budhni is considered as Chouhan's bastion and he was first elected as the MLA from the seat in 1990.
Chouhan is the face of the saffron party in the state and his government is facing an anti-incumbency factor after staying in power for 15 years.
Yadav is the son of former Congress leader Subhash Yadav, who served as deputy chief minister in former chief minister Digvijaya Singh's government.
Arun was appointed as the state Congress chief in January 2014 and served as an MP from 2007 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2014.
He also served as the Union minister of state, agriculture, and food processing industries in the Congress-led UPA government.
Madhya Pradesh goes to polls on 28 November to elect members of the 230 constituencies and votes will be counted on 11 December.