Some of the former politicians in Madhya Pradesh, who held high ranks once, have completely dissociated themselves from politics to follow a different path.
Former Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Ram Hit Gupta, who hailed from Satna district and was elected as an MLA five times, is now over 75-year-old and has quit politics to look after his hotel business.
However, Gupta keeps offering advices on politics, if anyone approaches him.
Similarly, Lalta Prasad Khare, who was a Minister of State during the Motilal Vora government in Madhya Pradesh, is now running an old-age home.
Khare says he does not wish to be active in politics any more and clarifies that he had no complaints against the Congress party, with which, he was associated long time back.
Former MLA, Manjushree Thakur, who shifted to New Delhi after getting married eight years back, says she has no plans to remain active in politics.
"The lanes of politics are not meant to be traversed by simple people," she says, adding that it did not mean that good people should not step into politics.
Former Minister of State during the Arjun Singh government, Satya Narayan Agarwal says he had quit politics a long time ago, which has enabled him to spend more time with his family.
Agarwal thinks that during his times, a political party, held importance as an organisation, which, according to him, is no more now.
Sunil Mishra, who had contested the 1997 by-election for the Khandwa assembly seat, now runs a nursing home.
He was also given the Congress ticket for contesting the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Khandwa parliamentary constituency. However, he did not contest the polls due to the ill-health of his wife then.
Mishra is of the opinion that it is difficult for the soft-minded and gentle people to sustain in politics.
