Narendra Modi Greets Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister on Birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on his birthday and wished him a long and healthy life.

In a tweet, PM Modi said: "Good wishes to Madhya Pradesh's popular chief minister and my friend Shivraj Singh Chouhan on his birthday. I wish him good health and a long life."

MP के लोकप्रिय मुख्यमंत्री एवं मेरे मित्र, @ChouhanShivraj ji को जन्मदिन पर शुभकामनायें। उनके अच्छे स्वास्थ्य और दीर्घायु की कामना करता हूँ।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 5, 2015

Born on March 5, 1959 in a farmer's family, Mr Chouhan became the chief minister of the state for the first time in 2005. He steered the BJP to its third successive electoral triumph in the state in the 2013 assembly polls.