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By training Raman Singh is an Ayurvedic doctor, He can read and understand the pulse of the people, and that’s why he is a good politician, says the friends of Chief Minister, Raman Singh. While working as a doctor in the rural areas of the impoverished state, he realized the seriousness of the problem of malnutrition among children. So his first job as chief minister was to provide nutritious food to the people of his state.
Raman Singh, BJP’s longest-serving current chief minister, is facing a resurgent Congress in Chhattisgarh, a state in which BJP won 10 out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in 2014. After 15 years in power, the man who has been called ‘Chawal Baba’ for his subsidized rice schemes is banking on his own special brand of welfare politics-with initiatives like 50 lakh free mobile phones, additional health insurance of Rs 30,000 for poor families and tiffin boxes for labourers-to fight off anti-incumbency. Episode 1 of Election with times travels to Raipur to bring you a ground perspective on how the crucial assembly poll battle Chhattisgarh is shaping up. This episode is the first in a series of election travelogue where reporters from across the Times of India and Navbharat Times travel to each of the battleground states in crucial bellwether assembly elections in 5 states-Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram-which will set the stage for the 2019 general election to bring you the flavours of the election.
“Singh is a successful chief minister because his growth has been gradual. He was never arrogant, has never thrown his weight around, but always remained simple and approachable. He has maintained a good rapport with the people also,” said Sushil Trivedi, a Raipur-based political analyst and author.
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