By Nupur Sengupta
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) up the ante for November 17 Assembly elections by flagging off the hi-tech Chariots to showcase achievements of the State Government. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and State BJP chief VD Sharma flagged off the ‘Rath’ from BJP’s office in Bhopal on Thursday. Through these hi-tech chariots, party will inform the public about the development, welfare and public-friendly works of the double-engine government in the villages, towns, streets and localities of 230 Assembly constituencies of the State in which 2,300 gatherings every day and 50,000 Chariot gathering in the State with the help of hi-tech chariots and also tell about the work of tenure of five years of Government. Through these chariots, BJP will convey all the schemes of the Central and State Government to the people. On this occasion, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan came down heavily on the Congress party and claimed that Congress had made Madhya Pradesh a sick and backward state while the BJP government has done work for the welfare of all sections of the society of the State that’s why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the minds of the country. Modi is in the mind of Madhya Pardesh as well as across the State because of their development work .
Chouhan said that these achievements we got after 2014 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s blessings. Chouhan taking a dig at the Tantrik puja performed by former CM Kamal Nath in Ujjain to become the Chief Minister, he said that now people want to win elections in the State on the basis of witchcraft. People no longer have confidence in themselves. We also try other measures but do not resort to witchcraft but instead worship Lord Mahakal. It is the government of the people, by the people and for the people only, he said. He said that democracy is a medium to win the trust of the public. Serve the people, develop the state and do welfare of the people. He said that the Prime Minister Modi has an incredible relationship with Madhya Pradesh and its people. On the same lines, today Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party flagged off LED van under the ‘MP Ke Mann Me Modi Maha Abhiyan’. Through this, letters written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the people of Madhya Pradesh will also be read out to the public. Today, the BJP government has achieved all-round progress and development. Today, there network of 5 lakh kilometres of roads, irrigation system of 47 lakh hectares, increase in electricity production from 2900 MW to 2900 thousand MW and unprecedented progress in the field of agriculture. There is no sector in which the Bharatiya Janata Party has not achieved development in Madhya Pradesh. He said that for development and public welfare, I appeal to all the workers that campaign chariots will go to every constituency and will seek votes from the public on the basis of development work.
BJP State President and MP Vishnudutta Sharma said “These hi-tech LED ‘MP ke Mann me Modi’ vehicles will go to each booth of 230 Assembly constituencies in the State and it will promote the achievement of double engine government. Sharma said “Our Madhya Pradesh has become a golden state with the welfare of the poor under the BJP government”. With these promotional chariots on the theme “Modi in MP’s mind”, information about the policies of the double engine government will become more accessible to the public so that the public can further support and bless the welfare policies of the BJP government. In the programme, the Chief Minister and the State President also released a letter written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of Madhya Pradesh. Hi-tech promotional chariots also left from Rewa, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior. On this occasion, party officials and workers including Vinod Gotia, State Office Minister Raghavendra Sharma, State Media Incharge Ashish Agarwal, Vikas Veerani, Mahila Morcha State President Maya Narolia, Ashwini Rai were present.