BJP involved in 16 scams: Cong
Bhopal: Training guns on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh for its alleged involvement in 16 scams, the Congress on Saturday alleged that the BJP Government has cheated about 1.25 crore youths. Union Ministers Harish Rawat and Rajeev Shukla on Saturday released a black paper detailing scams perpetrated in education and Government employment sectors during a Press conference here. The Minister duo appealed to public to throw the BJP out of power and elect the Congress that is dedicated towards public’s welfare and promoting development. leader of the Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh also released the black paper from his Assembly constituency Churhat in Sidhi district. The Congress has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the scams.
Cast vote in favour of BJP: Sushma
Bhopal: Asking the people of Mandla to cast their vote in the favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior party leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that Madhya Pradesh has progressed and the poor prospered under the leadership of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. She highlighted various schemes undertaken by Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the welfare of the people. “We made provisions to give loan at zero per cent interest to farmers. Vote us back to power and we promise to give you rice, salt and wheat for Rs 1 per kilo. We have also brought a new scheme, any child that goes to a Government college after completing Std XII; he/she will be given a smartphone at the time of admission, so that they are not left behind in this era of technology,” she said while addressing a rally in Mandla. “Along with the 108 ambulance facility in case of emergency, we have also started a new scheme of providing medical facility to the animals of the farmers. We have decided to start a 109 animal ambulance facility,” she added. Madhya Pradesh is going to polls on November 25, and results would be announced on December 8, along with those in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and New Delhi.
Character, honesty are keys in politics: Guv
Bhopal: Students of MIT School of Government, Pune called on Governor Ram Naresh Yadav here today. On the occasion, the Governor told the students that exercising franchise is a most important link to strengthen democracy. For this, young voters have to voter in maximum number. Yadav said that character and honesty are most important in politics. Country, State, society and family are foremost in politics. Therefore, they should discharge their responsibilities in national interest. The students presented mementoes to the Governor. Institute’s R Palshikar, Swedeshain Mahapatra and Deepak Khedkar were present on the occasion. Governor Yadav said that there are a lot of disparities in the society. There is need to think over ways to remove them. He exhorted the students not to let crimes, corruption, fascism and communalism get an upper hand. Yadav said that in politics, it is necessary to pay attention to character-building and sticking to moral values. Yadav exhorted the students to keep their character clean and discharge their duties with truth and commitment.
Indore admin conducts flag march in Mhow
Mhow: The Indore district administration on Saturday conducted a flag march in Mhow town specially the sensitive areas. The flag march was led by collector Indore Akash Tripathi and DIG Indore Rakesh Gupta and SP Indore West Anil Singh Kushwaha and SDM Mhow Vijay Agrawal. More than 5,000 policemen of different forces and paramilitary forces attended the flag march. Addtional SP Mhow Arvind Tiwari told The Pioneer that Mhow is considered as sensitive constituency and is declared watchful by the election commission of India. There are total 236 polling booths in Mhow tehsil out of which 17 polling booths have been declared vulnerable.
Elections to be held at 53,946 booths
Bhopal: Elections in the State will be held at all 53,946 polling booths on November 25. Polling will be held from 7 am to 3 pm in 3 constituencies of Balaghat district including 108-Baihar, 109-lanji and 110-Paraswara and from 8 am to 5 pm in remaining 227 Vidhan Sabha constituencies. According to Election Commission of India, mock polling will be held half an hour before actual polling. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has directed all districts to conduct mock polling from 7.30 am and send action taken report.