Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Madhya Pradesh party president and Union Minister for Mines, Steel and labour Narendra Singh Tomar were accorded a warm welcome on their arrival at Raja Bhoj airport here on Saturday.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP national vice-president and MP Prabhat Jha, national secretary Sudha Malaiya, State secretary Rajo Malviya, Bhopal MP Alok Sanjar and other leaders and hundreds of party workers were present at the airport.
“The people of the country have placed a heavy responsibility on the party by providing a positive mandate. We believe that we would meet their expectations,” said Tomar during his felicitation by party workers.
Tomar who visited the State Capital for the first time after assuming office as Union Minister was felicitated by party workers and local leaders here at the BJP State headquarters in Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay campus.
Earlier, Tomar accompanied by Union Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj paid floral tributes to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Talking to media persons, Tomar said, “The Government constituted under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started working with full might. Work has been started on 100 days work plan and result-oriented initiatives have been launched.”
Tomar further said that Prime Minister Modi has shouldered the responsibility of Mines, Steel and labour departments. “We would not do injustice with any State including MP. The Prime Minister has told his ministers to take on State’s actual problems on priority,” he added. On being asked about his replacement as the State president, the Union Minister said that the party organisation would take a decision on it and added that, “It is my personal belief that whoever is given this responsibility would be more energetic than me.”