Chief Minister Raman Singh could not say ‘no’ to an elderly woman Radha Sonwani, a beneficiary of ‘Sanchar Kranti Yojana’ (SKY) and took a selfie with her using his own phone on Wednesday at Bilaspur.
He was giving away the smartphones to the beneficiaries during the 'Mobile Tihaar' organised at Police Ground of District Headquarters Bilaspur during afternoon hours.
As Chief Minister Raman Singh handed over the smart-phone to a senior citizen woman Mrs. Radha Sonwani, under SKY, she was overjoyed. She then requested Chief Minister to click a selfie with her. Seeing the joy on her face, Dr Singh couldn’t refuse and clicked a selfie on his phone with her.
On the occasion, Chief Minister has launched the distribution process of smart phones to nearly 25,000 beneficiaries of 10 cities of Bilaspur district. Smart phones were to be distributed to 14,769 beneficiaries of area under Bilaspur Municipal Corporation jurisdiction.
Urban Development Minister Amar Agrawal, Parliamentary Secretary Raju Kshatri, Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha Badridhar Diwan, Ex-Speaker of Vidhan Sabha Dharamlal Kaushik, Chairman of Chhattisgarh Housing Board Bhupendra Singh Savani, Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Women Commission Mrs. Harshita Pandey, Jila Panchayat President Deepak Sahu and Mayor of Bilaspur Municipal Corporation Kishore Rai were also present as special guests.