Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday that the pride and self-respect of the country has fallen as the value of rupee has been reduced day by day, and added that the Congress has pushed the country into the pit of destruction.
While addressing a public meeting in Narajpur village of Ghatia Tehsil in Ujjain district on his second day of Jan Ashirwad Yatra, Chief Minister said that the Congress had first ruined the State during its rule and now the party, under leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, are ruining the country. The country is plunged into debt. India’s name, fame, respect and pride have gone down. The rupee value has gone down to 61 in comparison to a US dollar, it was 45 rupees during the Atal Behari Vajpayee regime, he added.
Chouhan, establishing ‘direct dialogue’ with the huge gathering, asked that if the Congress has pushed the country into the pit of destruction and on the other hand the national development done during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA Government and the comprehensive development done by the BJP Government in the State than whom would they like to vote. Who should become the Chief Minister of the State next timeIJ The people replied by raising their hands that BJP and Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
He said that the Congress Governments are run by Raja and Maharajas and that is why this party is not able to tolerate a farmer’s son as the Chief Minister.He asked the people whether the Congress rule did provide roads, water and electricity. The people replied in negative.
He said that the BJP Government is engaged in providing benefits to needy and poor. Farmers are provided a bonus of `150 per quintal. Wheat is provided at `1 per kilogram and rice at `2 per kilogram to the poor of the State, he added. Does the Congress regimes ever made daughters ladli laxmiIJ Does it provide 50 per cent reservation to women to promote them, asked Chouhan and in reply the people said no.
He visited villages of Salana, Mahidpur, Nagda, Khachrod and Ghatia assembly constituencies on Tuesday.