September 20, 2024

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Congress, BJP spar an afternoon earlier than re-launch of pilgrimage scheme

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BHOPAL:  The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress had been engaged in a confrontation over the re-launch of the Mukya Mantri Teerth Darshan Yojana in Madhya Pradesh. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had on Friday chaired a gathering the place it was once made up our minds the scheme could be re-launched at the April 19. All the way through the primary adventure, trains will go away with 974 aged pilgrims from seven districts for Kashi.

On Monday, BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma publish hoardings in Bhopal, praising the re-launch of the federal government’s flagship pilgrimage scheme. With out naming Congress, the hoarding discussed that those that were given the scheme closed had been additionally welcome to trip to Kashi for the inaugural leg of the scheme.

Scientific schooling minister Vishvas Sarang additionally accused the erstwhile Kamal Nath executive of dumping the scheme all through its 15-month stint in energy. ‘‘Underneath the Yojana, the Madhya Pradesh executive is enjoying the function of Shravan Kumar for all of the aged other people above 60 who had been disadvantaged of pilgrimage because of monetary constraints,’’ the minister stated.

 Quickly, Congress spokesperson Narendra Saluja tweeted that all through the Kamal Nath executive’s rule, extra trains had been run beneath the pilgrimage scheme than that within the 5 years of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan executive. Saluja additionally posted a number of pictures to reinforce his declare. 

“All the way through the Kamal Nath executive, many new pilgrimages had been added to the listing of current pilgrimages beneath the scheme. The brand new pilgrimage incorporated the shrines of Sikhs and the Ajmer Sharif,” he stated.  The Congress spokesperson accused the Shivraj Singh Chouhan executive of dumping the scheme all through the Covid pandemic.