Electoral outcomes in MP and Chhattisgarh will be a verdict on their different welfare models.

After Gujarat, the states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have the longest serving BJP chief ministers. Neither Raman Singh nor Shivraj Singh Chouhan went to the polls seeking to ride a Modi wave. The BJP in both states has developed regional roots. Both chief ministers highlight welfare and development, feeding into their self-projection as moderates within the BJP.

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