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Will decide who will be Madhya Pradesh CM after poll result, says Amit Shah

The BJP has not yet declared Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the party's CM's face, and there are strong signs that the party will stick with this plan till the polls, said a senior BJP leader

Fourth poorest, poverty-stricken: Sibal on Shah's 'atma nirbhar MP' remark

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks that the BJP government laid the foundation for making Madhya Pradesh self-reliant, claiming the state was the fourth poorest and largest contributor of poverty in the country. At a function in Bhopal on Sunday to release the BJP government's 'report card' of 20 years in Madhya Pradesh, Shah had said the BJP dispensation in these years successfully removed the BIMARU (laggard) category tag from the state, which he claimed was a legacy of the Congress regime. The BJP government laid the foundation of making the state developed and self-reliant in the last 20 years, Shah had said. In a post on X, Sibal said, "Amit Shah on Madhya Pradesh: Foundation laid for a developed 'atma nirbhar' state. UNDP report (India): 1) 4th poorest 2) largest contributor of poverty (28.3%) 3) Below national average: literacy, infrastructure, gender gap 'atma nirbhar'? Vyapam! Corruption!" Sibal, who was a Union .

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Shah releases MP govt's report card, says it removed BIMARU tag from state

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the Madhya Pradesh government's 'report card' from 2003-2023 and said the BJP government in these years successfully removed the BIMARU category (laggard) tag from the state, which, according to him, was a legacy of the Congress regime. Shah released the government's 'report card' of 20 years at a function in the Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, MP BJP president VD Sharma and state Home Minister Narottam Mishra. The assembly elections in MP are due this year-end. The BIMARU acronym has often been used to refer to Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, to imply that these states lagged in terms of economic growth, health care, education, and other indices. "Madhya Pradesh came into existence in 1956 and since then, except for five-six years, Congress ruled the state till 2003, but the state remained BIMARU during their regime, Shah said. However, the BJP government ha

Congress criticises PM Modi, Amit Shah over 'undernourishment' in Gujarat

The Congress on Saturday cited a Niti Aayog report to hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging high levels of undernourishment in Gujarat. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh shared a media report which said Gujarat still has a long way to go on the nutrition front as 38.09 per cent of the population in the state is undernourished. It cited the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report, released by Niti Aayog in July. "The nation is often reminded by G2(Modi & Shah) especially of what they call Gujarat model. But what the nation is not told has been revealed in a recent Niti Aayog report: Over 38% of population is under-nourished. Nearly half of rural Gujarat is deprived of nutrition. Ranks 4th worst in India in terms of stunted children. Ranks 2nd worst in India in wasted and underweight children." "More than a third of the rural population (in Gujarat) is deprived of housing," Ramesh said.

New National Cooperative Policy almost ready: Chairman Suresh Prabhu

The new National Cooperative Policy is almost ready, and a 47-member committee is in the process of submitting the draft to the central government, chairman of the panel and former Union minister Suresh Prabhu said. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah had last year announced that a dedicated policy will soon be prepared to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country, and that Prabhu will head the national-level committee. The panel members include experts and representatives of the cooperative sector and officials of central ministries. "The policy document is almost ready and the submission process is underway. We can now look forward to the release of the policy and its implementation," Prabhu told PTI on the sidelines of an event organised by the Merchants' Chamber of Commerce & Industry here. The former commerce and industry minister said the policy has the potential to change the socio-economic dimension of India, substantially increasing the share of ...

RS chairman refers bills to replace IPC, CrPC to standing committee

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has referred the three proposed laws that will replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs for examination and asked it to submit its report within three months. The bills -- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill -- were introduced in the Lok Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah on August 11. The bills, once passed, will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act respectively. While introducing the bills, Shah said these would transform India's criminal justice system and added the changes were done to provide speedy justice and create a legal system that caters to contemporary needs and aspirations of the people. In a bulletin late on Friday, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat stated, "Members are informed that on 18th August, 2023, the Chairman, Rajya Sabha in consultation with the Speaker, Lok Sabha h

CAPFs' plantation drive clocks 40 mn mark as Amit Shah plants sapling

The Central Armed Police Forces' countrywide plantation drive reached the four-crore mark on Friday as Union Home Minister Amit Shah planted a sapling here. Shah watered the 'peepal' (Ficus religiosa) tree after putting some soil on the sapling. The minister also e-inaugurated 15 newly constructed buildings in eight different campuses of the CRPF across the country that include jawan barracks, a hospital and other infrastructure. The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) include the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB and CISF. Other forces under the command of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) like the NDRF, NSG and the Assam Rifles are also part of this mega plantation drive.

Elections 2023: BJP's MP seeks 5-6 rallies by PM Modi ahead of state polls

BJP's MP leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address region-wise rallies in the next two months

MP polls 2023: BJP discusses strategy for 'tough seats' ahead of elections

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly: The meeting of the BJP's senior leaders months before the elections are scheduled to be held indicates the significance of these state elections, sources said

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: BJP poll plan labels seats as A, B, C, D

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: Parameters such as caste, local issues, and the party's past performance in constituencies are likely to be taken into account for choosing candidates

BJP Central Election Committee to meet to discuss state poll preparations

The BJP's Central Election Committee, whose members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders, will meet on Wednesday evening to hold deliberations on the upcoming state assembly polls, party leaders said. The CEC members are expected to take stock of the ongoing poll preparations, gather feedback and shape the party's strategy, including for selecting candidates, in the meeting, sources said. Besides Modi, the CEC includes party president J P Nadda, and Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah among other leaders. The party's decision to hold the meeting so early - the CEC usually meets only after poll dates are announced, underlines the significance it has attached to the five state elections, the last round of assembly contest before the all-important Lok Sabha polls. It also indicates a greater involvement of the central leadership in overseeing the state poll campaign, sources noted. Five states, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and ..

BJP to hold CEC meeting tomorrow to review preparations for upcoming polls

The meeting will be attended by all 15 CEC members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda

Himachal rains: NDRF teams engaged in rescue operations, says Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are engaged in relief and rescue operations in rain-hit Himachal Pradesh and termed the loss of lives due to the deluge as "extremely distressing". At least 29 people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, nine of them buried under the rubble of a temple after a landslip in Shimla, as rains wreaked havoc in the state, triggering landslides that blocked key roads and brought down houses, officials said on Monday. "The loss of lives due to heavy rains and landslides at various places in Himachal Pradesh is extremely distressing. NDRF teams are engaged in relief and rescue operations along with the local administration. "I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families. May God give them the strength to bear this sorrow. I wish for the speedy recovery of the injured," he said on X (formerly Twitter).

Madhya Pradesh election 2023: How BJP is reimagining its grand poll plan

The BJP has set out to organise its state unit and is working on all fronts to prevent a recurrence of the Karnataka elections, where the party suffered a defeat in May

Partition dark chapter in history; country had to pay heavy price: HM Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the partition of the country on the basis of religion is a dark chapter in history and many people are still facing the brunt of the 1947 horror. Paying homage to those who lost their lives during partition, he also said that the country had to pay a heavy price for it. The partition of the country on the basis of religion in 1947 is a dark chapter in history. The hatred it generated has killed lakhs and displaced crores of people. The country had to pay a heavy price for this and many people are still facing the brunt of this horror. Today, on 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day', I pay tributes to all those people who lost their lives and their family members due to the partition, he said in Hindi on 'X', formerly Twitter, with the hashtag PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay. The Modi government has been observing August 14 as the 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' since 2021 to remember those who sacrificed their lives during the country's

Cong's Surjewala demands consultations on 3 bills replacing criminal laws

"The introductory remarks of the Home Minister gave away the fact that Amit Shah is himself out of depth, ignorant and oblivious to the entire exercise," the Congress leader said

Will half-truths in the Parliament bring peace to Manipur?

The reasons for the ongoing ethnic war have to be identified and addressed. The HM and the PM have offered Parliament no insights on how they intend to do this

New education policy connects education system to basic thinking: Shah

Amit Shah was speaking while attending the sixth convocation of the Indian Institute of Teacher Training (IITE) as the Chief Guest in Gujarat's Gandhinagar

Amit Shah criticises Oppn, compares alliance to 'old wine in old bottle'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at the opposition alliance, likening it to an "old wine in old bottle" and claimed it was a group of leaders involved in corruption worth Rs 12 lakh crore. Shah attacked the opposition Congress, saying during its rule, India's economy did not go beyond the 11th rank in the world, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi took it to the 5th position in one shot. He was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for a regional centre of the National Security Guard (NSG) in Mansa town in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district. Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a group of 26 opposition parties have come together under the banner of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Shah said, "The UPA and Congress are a group of leaders involved in Rs 12 lakh crore corruption. They have now changed their name, haven't they? But you must refer