Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the BJP Government has been giving top-most priority to the development of the poor, farmers, labourers, students, youths, Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes, women and the elderly.
Chouhan was addressing an election meeting at Imaliya of Bahoriband Assembly constituency of the State that is scheduled to go to the bypolls on August 21. Chouhan further said, "The BJP Government of the State has proved to be a shield for the security of all sections of the society."
He said that the BJP Government of the State has done five times of development works in the State in just ten years that the Congress has done in 50 years. It is the responsibility of the BJP Government of the State to look after the food, education, house, education and medicines of the poor. Many steps have been taken for making agriculture a profit-making business, he added.
He said that a bonus of Rs 150 per quintal is paid to the farmers on the support price of wheat and paddy. The agriculture loan interest has been reduced to zero from 18 per cent. The BJP Government has done many works for the welfare of farmers whereas the Congress has only done the work of looting farmers, he added.
The Chief Minister said that Madhya Pradesh has moved out of the shadow of BIMARU tag fast and has established its identity as a developing State both in the country and in the world.