MP: Ordinance to provide home, other facilities to former CMs

The Madhya Pradesh government would bring an ordinance to amend the Act in a bid to provide housing and other facilities to the former chief ministers of the state.
A decision in this regard was taken by the state cabinet, chaired by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
After the cabinet meeting in the evening, the minister for public relations Narottam Mishra told reporters "State cabinet has given the nod to the proposal of amending MP Ministers (Salaries and Allowances) Act 1972 through an ordinance."
Mishra said that the amendment is being made to ensure continuity in the facilities given to former chief ministers like a cabinet member.

Ordinance is being brought as of now because state assembly session is not underway and the amendment bill would be presented in the next assembly session, he added.
According to this proposal, the former chief ministers, who were elected from the state, would be eligible for the benefits like a cabinet minister.

Earlier in April 2016, the state government had issued an order in this regard but it was challenged in the court. So, the state government has been bringing in the amendment in the Act.
Following 2016 orders, former MP chief minister and Congress leader Motilal Vora had left his government accommodation in Bhopal.

Vora was from Chhattisgarh, which was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in year 2000. This senior Congress leader held the post of chief minister twice in undivided Madhya Pradesh.