Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh emerged as the leading State in strengthening the civic institutions.
Chouhan while addressing a public meeting at Betul on Tuesday in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the ensuing local body election, further said, “Development works done in the State during past ten years are proof enough that how much funds have been given for the development of civic bodies.”
Chouhan said that work speaks and call on the people to make BJP candidates victorious so that the imagination of Model Betul city could be realised. The people of Betul have built an atmosphere of development by electing BJP MP and MlA. Funds crunch would not come from Central and State Governments in way for the development of Betul. But if the source of power in civic body went in wrong hands then all the efforts would get wasted. Hence it is the responsibility of the people to elect right and honest person, he added.
He called on the people to make BJP chairman candidate for Betul municipality Alkesh Arya and Corporator candidates victorious with huge mandate so that decks could be cleared for making Betul a model city.
luring the fairer sex the chief minister said that the state government has provided 50 per cent reservation in the civic bodies to strengthen the women and they could become part of ongoing development in the state.
He said that in Madhya Pradesh all sections of the society are getting equal justice and opportunities under the BJP rule. The Congress by doing appeasement tried to divide the society whereas the BJP unites the society, he added. He said that the arrangements are made in the state for providing food, clothing and house to the poor working class and in the process wheat and rice are provided to poor families at Rs 1 per kg.
Notably, his Ranvir’s MlA father Makhan Singh was shot dead on April 13, 2009 during the lok Sabha election. And in the by-election held thereafter Ranvir was elected as the MlA from his father’s constituency. The allegation of Makhan’s murder is on Tej Narayan Shukla.