MP regime curbed Naxal growth: Yogi Adityanath
DHAR: Canvassing for the BJP in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said naxalism could have “destroyed” the state had the people not dislodged the Congress from power in 2003. Addressing a rally in Badnawar assembly constituency in Dhar district, Adityanath held the Congress responsible for problems like “terrorism and naxalism” in the country. He said naxalism couldn’t take roots in Madhya Pradesh because people dislodged the Congress from power 15 years ago. “The root cause of problems like terrorism, naxalism and unrest in the country is the Congress. If the people of this great state (Madhya Pradesh) had not uprooted the Congress in 2003, then naxalism could have destroyed the entire state and totally affected the lives of people,” the Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.
Will initiate fast track courts for Vyapam
GUNA/SHIVPURI: Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the Congress will order a “fast-track” probe into the alleged Vyapam scam and bring to book the guilty once it comes to power in Madhya Pradesh. Scindia is his party’s campaign committee chief for Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, in which the Congress is trying to regain power from the BJP that has ruled the state for the last 15 years. Elections for 230 assembly seats in the state, which has traditionally seen a direct fight between the two national parties, will take place on November 28. Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, popularly known by the acronym Vyapam (Vyavasayik Pareeksha Mandal), has been at the centre of a massive recruitment scandal, involving alleged bribery and fudging of marks among others.
Good work will eclipse anti-incumbency: Sushma Swaraj
JABALPUR: External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said there was no anti-incumbency in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh due to good governance under Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. “The BJP government in MP has earnestly worked for the people and implemented flawless welfare policies,” she said, adding that the state’s people had faith in the ruling party. She also hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and claimed his “indecisive” leadership, on going it alone or forging poll alliances, had put his party in a “tight spot”. Swaraj dubbed Rahul’s visits to temples and homes of Dalits as politics of “appeasement”. She claimed the BJP had a clear vision in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi led at the national level and Chouhan was in the driver’s seat in MP.
People should vote for me, not for Dad: Jaivardhan Singh
RAGHOGARH :The royal family scion of Raghogarh — Jaivardhan Singh — feels it helps to have a political lineage but his aim is to “prove and establish” himself so that people vote for him as an individual and not because of being son of the former chief minister Digvijay Singh. The 32-year-old politician, educated at the Columbia University in New York and Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) in New Delhi, said he has been doing rigorous work in his assembly constituency ever since his win in 2013 assembly elections. Jaivardhan had his first battle at the hustings by a margin of over 58,000 votes. “Initially, it definitely has a few advantages if you are coming from a background where your father, your uncle all stood from the seat (Raghogarh). There is a lot of work that has been done by them which makes people loyal to you in a way. “
Amit Shah visits Maihar temple
SATNA: BJP president Amit Shah on Monday visited the famous Maihar temple and paid obeisance to Goddess Sharda. Shah was accompanied by state BJP president Rakesh Singh and Lok Sabha MP from Satna Ganesh Singh among other senior party leaders. After holding a roadshow in Maihar Sunday night, he stayed overnight in the holy town, some 36 km from the Satna district headquarters. On Monday morning, Shah visited the temple, dedicated to Goddess Sharda and located atop Trikuta hill, and spent around 10 minutes there before leaving for Narsinghpur district where he addressed a public meeting. The star BJP campaigner had been crisscrossing Madhya Pradesh and addressing a number of election rallies since the last couple of days.
