Watch | Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal’s ‘Singham’ video goes viral along with MP CM Mohan Yadav’s sword skills show

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s new chief minister picks for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan havebeen in news occasionally. But both the chief ministershaving grassroots connection are new to the political limelight.

Now, the newly crowned CMs are in the public eye and their old videos are in spotlight. These videos had been posted by them at a time when they were not big names in the corridors of political power.

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Rajasthan and MPCMs old videos went viral

Bhajan Lal Sharma, a first-time MLA was picked by BJP for theCM in the key state ofRajasthan. As soon as his name was announced, his old video from campaigning went viral. In the video, shared by Sharma himself, he is seen campaigning with ‘Singham’ music in the background, projecting himas the celluloid police officer Bajirao Singham.

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आभार सांगानेर परिवार pic.twitter.com/QRYMBBgLOo — Bhajanlal Sharma (@BhajanlalBjp) November 22, 2023

People showered praises on Sharma calling him Singham CM.

However, critics were quick to pounce on him as senior Congress leader and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi shared the video and wrote, "Rajasthan's new chief minister is too filmy! Hope he comes out of virtual world and face the realities of governing the state."

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Another video was of Madhya Pradesh’s CM, Mohan Yadav in which he was seen showcasing his swordsmanship.

Sword Skills of Madhya Pradesh CM Elect Mohan Yadav. #MohanYadav #MadhyaPradeshCM pic.twitter.com/c7EXgREG5l — PRAJJULL (@prajjull) December 11, 2023

Yadav, a former RSS worker, is a fitness enthusiast and performs swordsmanship. He is also the vice president of the MP Wrestling Association. In the viral video dating back to 2019, Yadav was seen swinging two swords in his two hands at an event.

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Ahead of the 2024 general elections, the ruling party BJP has hand-picked new chief ministers carefully, keeping in view the respective caste equations in the states.

(With inputs from agencies)