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Jan Ashirwad Yatra: All you need to know about BJP's outreach programme

The Jan Ashirwad Yatra would cover 210 of the 230 assembly segments, across over 10,500 km, and marked by 212 big public meetings and 678 smaller ones

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2023: Date, schedule, seats, opinion polls

Polling to elect the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled for later this year, along with Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram

MP CM expands cabinet, inducts 3 new members months ahead of assembly polls

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting three BJP MLAs as ministers just months ahead of the state assembly polls to be held by the end of the year. With this, there are now 34 members in the Chouhan-led cabinet. State Governor Mangubhai Patel administered the oath of office as ministers to three legislators at the Raj Bhavan here around 9 am. Former minister Rajendra Shukla, a Brahmin leader and four-time MLA from Rewa in the Vindh region, Gaurishankar Bisen, a seven-time legislator from Balaghat in the Mahakoshal region who is also the chairman of the MP Backward Class Commission and first-time MLA from Khargapur in Tikamgarh district of Bundelkhand region Rahul Lodhi took oath as ministers. While Shukla and Bisen took oath as cabinet ministers, Lodhi was sworn-in as minister of state. They are yet to be allotted portfolios, a Raj Bhavan official told PTI. Lodhi is a nephew of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Um

Kamal Nath slams state govt, says MP has become 'scam', 'corruption' state

He also said, "It is the 50 percent commission government. Give money and get work in this government. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan does corruption with one hand and atrocities with the other"

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Corruption in Congress states, BSP to contest elections on its own:Mayawati

BSP plans to contest independent election campaigns in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh, with a focus on issues of unemployment, women's safety, farmers and the underprivileged

After PayCM, Congress uses 'PhonePe' to target Shivraj Singh; firm objects

The poster war in Madhya Pradesh is similar to what happened during the Karnataka Assembly elections

PM Modi to visit Madhya Pradesh today, to flag off 5 Vande Bharat trains

PM who is scheduled to visit Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, taking to Twitter wrote, "I will be in Bhopal tomorrow, 27th June to take part in two programmes

MP's Bhopal gets state's first women and child-friendly police station

Madhya Pradesh's first women and child-friendly police station is being set up in Jahangirabad, Bhopal, officials said on Sunday

Congress moves no-trust motion in MP Assembly; debate to continue today

The opposition Congress on Wednesday moved a no-confidence motion against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh in the state Assembly, targeting it over issues such as corruption and atrocities against women and tribals. The debate, which saw several heated exchanges, will continue on Thursday. The discussion which started around 12.20 pm continued till late at night. The chief minister is likely to reply to the debate at 11 pm on Thursday. After the question hour, the Leader of Opposition Govind Singh moved the no-confidence motion. The motion was admitted by Speaker Girish Gautam. Opposition members targeted the BJP government over law and order, unemployment, inflation, corruption, 'discrimination' against the opposition legislators, atrocities against women and tribals, farmers' problems and other issues. Heated arguments were seen between the ruling and opposition benches. BJP MLAs rejected the charges, claiming the opposition has failed to come up wit

Congress to bring no-confidence motion against BJP in MP Assembly session

The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh will bring a no-confidence motion against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government during the winter session of the Assembly beginning Monday, a senior leader said. The five-day winter session will conclude on December 23, said the state Assembly's principal secretary AP Singh. MP Congress president Kamal Nath told MLAs at his residence on Sunday a no-confidence motion will be brought against the BJP government, "which has failed on every front", a party release said. The Congress had already submitted a notice to the Assembly secretariat to bring a no-confidence motion. In the 230-member House, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 127 MLAs and the Congress 96. Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Girish Gautam convened an all-party meeting in the evening to discuss the smooth running of the session. In the all-party meeting chaired by the Speaker, a consensus has been reached among the members that the House should run in a cordial atmosph

Cong MLAs dump garlic outside MP Assembly for govt's apathy towards farmers

Congress legislators on Tuesday dumped loads of garlic at a gate of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on the opening day of the monsoon session, accusing the state BJP government of being apathetic towards farmers who were not getting adequate prices for their crops. Some videos had surfaced in the last few days on social media showing farmers throwing sacks full of garlic on roads and in rivers and drains in Madhya Pradesh, apparently after getting low prices for their produce. One of the farmers had claimed they were being offered just Re one per kg for their garlic produce. On the first day of the MP Assembly's monsoon session on Tuesday, Congress MLAs Sachin Yadav, Jitu Patwari, Kunal Choudhary, P C Sharma and others carried bags full of garlic on their shoulders and dumped key kitchen staple in front of gate number 3 of the Assembly. The farmers are not getting even the input cost of their garlic produce. They are forced to sell it at just Re one per kg and therefore, have been ...

MP Assembly's 5-day monsoon session begins today; famers, dams top issues

The five-day monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will begin in Bhopal on Tuesday, with the opposition Congress planning to corner the BJP government over problems of farmers and alleged irregularities in the construction of dams. The session was earlier supposed to be held from July 25 but was rescheduled. Congress MLA and former minister Sajjan Singh Verma on Monday accused the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of evading discussion on vital issues like unemployment and inflation by keeping a short session. The BJP and the Congress held separate meetings on Monday night to discuss their strategy for the session, which will have five sittings from September 13 to 17. State Congress chief Kamal Nath, while addressing a meeting of party legislators on Monday night, said they will raises issues pertaining to farmers, corruption, malnutrition, compensation to flood-affected people, irregularities in urea distribution and construction of dams and poor law and order ...

MP Assembly takes dim view of MLA's tweet about boycotting Guv's address

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Monday took a dim view of Congress MLA Jitu Patwari's tweet posted before the commencement of the budget session that he would boycott the Governor's address.

MP Assembly's winter session to be held between December 20 to 24

The winter session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly will be held in the state capital between December 20 and 24, an official said on Wednesday.

Budget session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly to commence from Monday

The budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will commence here from Monday with adherence to Covid-19 guidelines.

MP: 61 Assembly staff, 5 MLAs test Covid-19 positive on eve of session

On the eve of the three-day session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, 61 employees and officials of the Assembly secretariat and five MLAs have tested positive

With nine seats already in kitty, BJP gets simple majority in MP bypolls

Congress has so far won one seat Biaora - and was leading in eight others

Bypoll counting: BJP leads in over 40 of 59 assembly seats across 11 states

The BJP held sway over the party-ruled state with leads in all eight seats and the Congress trailing

Madhya Pradesh elections: Voting for bypolls in 28 Assembly seats begins

Voting for bypolls in 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh began on Tuesday morning