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MP govt to provide food to labourers through mobile kitchens: CM Chouhan

The Madhya Pradesh government will open mobile kitchens where labourers can buy food at an affordable rate, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday as he reiterated that meals are being provided at Rs 5 under the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana (DRY). Chouhan launched the third phase of DRY under which kitchens are opened in the limits of 66 municipal councils in the state, where elections are due this year-end. So far, meals have been provided to more than 2.25 crore people through these 166 kitchens. Chouhan reiterated meals (food plate or thali) are being provided at Rs 5 instead of earlier Rs 10 under this scheme. "Mobile kitchens will soon be opened in urban areas to provide meals at affordable rates to labourers near their workplaces. All urban bodies of the state will be covered under this scheme," the chief minister said. He said kitchens will be opened in areas under 90 Nagar Panchayats with more than 20,000 population. On the occasion, Chouhan virtually distributed

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan allocates portfolios to 3 new ministers

With Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections approaching fast, the induction of three new ministers takes the strength of the cabinet to 34

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

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan expands his cabinet ahead of elections

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expanded his cabinet with the induction of three new ministers Rajesh Shukla, Gauri Shankar Bisen and Rahul Lodhi

Amit Shah to flag off Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Madhya Pradesh on September 3

Polls in Madhya Pradesh and four other states, which account for roughly 15% of India's population, are expected to set the tone for the 2024 national elections

Ahead of polls, women in Madhya Pradesh get 'rakhi gift' from CM Shivraj

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections: Shivraj Singh Chouhan termed his latest women-centric announcements as a gift on the occasion of the Raksha Bandhan for the women of the state

PM Modi is a man with a vision and a man on a mission: CM Chouhan

The spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas, Zero Tolerance for Corruption and Focus on Direct Communication are the traits of Modi's leadership, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said

MP CM Chouhan's cabinet undergoes expansion 3 mths before assembly polls

The new ministers include bigshots from Mahakaushal and Vindhya, Gaurishankar Bisen and Rajendra Shukla, apart from Rahul Lodhi from Bundelkhand

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

Shivraj Chouhan announces Hanuman Lok project in Kamal Nath's home turf

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also announced a slew of development projects in the Congress stronghold

Elections 2023: What is BJP's women outreach plan in poll-bound states?

Ahead of the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has initiated a slew of outreach efforts, particularly among women voters

Madhya Pradesh election 2023: Shivraj Singh Chouhan to expand cabinet today

The new ministers in the MP cabinet will only have a month and a half before the dates of the election are announced and the model code of conduct kicks in

MP govt makes cash transfer for purchase of scooters to 7,790 students

Speaking at the function, Chouhan said his government is developing 'CM Rise' schools in the state to provide world-class education facilities to students

MP polls: Congress to conduct caste census after poll victory, says Kharge

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also made a slew of promises to the people of Madhya Pradesh ahead of elections

Not so BIMARU now: Amit Shah says MP has shed the tag. What does it mean?

Amit Shah said that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh brought the state out of the BIMARU tag and put it on the path of development by implementing various welfare schemes

Trying to wash his sins: Kamal Nath slams Shivraj Chouhan's welfare schemes

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: Congress leader Kamal Nath drew a parallel between the election guarantees of the Congress and welfare measures introduced by the BJP government

Digvijaya Singh faces flak over 'BJP planning Nuh-like riots in MP' remark

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Digivijaya Singh alleged the BJP is "planning communal riots" in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections

Will increase Ladli Bahna Yojana aid to Rs 3,000 per month: MP CM Chouhan

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also said that Science faculty classes will soon be started in Gunaur's college and the Girls' High School of Gunaur will be made into a Higher Secondary School

Shah to release Chouhan govt's report card', address BJP's committee meet

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will release the Madhya Pradesh government's report card in Bhopal on Sunday and address the BJP's working committee meeting in Gwalior, a party functionary said. The state assembly polls are due this year-end. Gwalior is the home turf of Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. "Shah will release the report card of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government at a function here. Thereafter, he will leave for Gwalior where he will chair and address a working committee meeting, state BJP media cell head Ashish Agrawal told PTI over phone on Saturday. This will be the last meeting of the state working committee before MP goes to polls. BJP insiders said party MLAs, MPs, district presidents and general secretaries have been told to reach Gwalior. Around 1,500 office-bearers have been called to the meeting where the party is expected to come out with its final plan for the polls, they said. We want to increase our movement in Gwalior, the erstwhile kingdom