Learn poverty alleviation from PM, CM: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday spoke about eradication of poverty in state during the Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Gwalior.
Taking a swipe at Congress, he said, if anyone wants to learn how to weed out poverty they should take lessons from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. “Indira Gandhi used to say ‘Garibi Hatao’. Rajiv Gandhi too repeated the same, but Congress removed only poor and not poverty,” he said, adding that BJP’s objective is ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas’. He said, everyone in MP would have pucca houses by 2022, and spoke about the Sambal Yojana and the government’s initiative to pay fees for higher education of poor students.
Union minister, Narendra Singh Tomar and other senior BJP leaders were also present on the occasion. “All Maharajas failed to increase the irrigated land area in state. In Congress rule, the total irrigated land area was 7.30 lakh hectares, which has now increased to 41 lakh hectares in the BJP rule. In coming years, the irrigated land area would be increased to 80 lakh hectares”, he said.
Chouhan said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi leaves New Delhi only in poll season and visits villages. “Rahul Gandhi does not even know that onion is grown under or above the ground, but he acts as if is the well-wisher of farmers”, he said.
“Earlier, Rahul Gandhi used to talk about making Amethi a brand, but has failed to do so. Now he talks of making Gwalior and Chitrakoot a brand. Talking of ‘Made in Gwalior’ and ‘Made in Chitrakoot’ will not help the Congress, as people have understood that under the leadership of Rahul Congress is losing elections one after another”, the CM said.
