Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath said on October 16 that the poll contest between his party’s candidate Vikram Mastal and Chief Minister and BJP candidate Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the Budhni Assembly segment would be a “kalakar vs kalakar” show.
“Definitely! This is definitely kalakar vs kalakar. I think, there should be a debate between both of them and we will find out who is a bigger kalakar [artist]. Shivraj ji will defeat our Vikram Mastal [and prove] that he is a bigger kalakar,” Mr. Nath said, responding to a question from reporters in Bhopal.
The Congress has fielded Mr. Mastal, a TV actor-turned-politician who played the role of Lord Hanuman in the Ramayan serial that featured on TV in 2008, from Sehore district’s Budhni, the traditional seat of Mr. Chouhan.
