Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday reached out to women in the BJP-ruled State by launching a scheme to provide Rs 1,000 monthly aid and slammed the previous Congress Government for "stopping" welfare measures meant for women, months ahead of the Assembly polls. Chouhan, who is celebrating his 65th birthday on Sunday, appealed to women to continue to support the State Government and listed various schemes launched for their welfare.
Addressing a gathering of women at Jamboree Maidan in the MP capital, the Chief Minister knelt before the audience with folded hands and said, "Pranam and Namaskar... you mean Durga, Laxmi and Saraswati to me", and announced that "Ladli Behna Sena" will be formed to straighten wrongdoers.
He rolled out the 'Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana' by unveiling the plaque of the scheme with remote control and filling out an application form for a woman. Under this scheme, women will be given Rs 1,000 assistance per month with certain riders, including that they are not Income Tax payees and their families' annual income was below Rs 2.50 lakh annually. The Kamal Nath Government [of Congress] stopped the 'Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana' for 15 months after coming to power in the State in December 2018," Chouhan said.