Forging ties: BJP State president Shivraj Singh Chouhan meeting Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N.P. Prajapati in Bhopal.

Forging ties: BJP State president Shivraj Singh Chouhan meeting Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N.P. Prajapati in Bhopal.   | Photo Credit:
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan tipped for post; 22 Congress MLAs join BJP

The BJP is likely to hold a meeting of its legislature party in Madhya Pradesh on March 23, with Shivraj Singh Chouhan tipped to return as Chief Minister.

Senior party sources told The Hindu that the delay after Congress leader Kamal Nath’s resignation as Chief Minister on March 20 was because of the “janata curfew” announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for March 22.

“The Janata Curfew is an important part of trying to get the country to take the threat of the novel coronavirus seriously, and we want no public meetings, etc. Also, the 22 MLAs arrived in Delhi from Bengaluru today [Saturday] and met BJP president J.P. Nadda al