Bhopal: The counting of votes for the Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly by-polls in Madhya Pradesh will he held tomorrow an Election Commission official said today.The counting of votes will start at 8 AM the official said.At both the seats there is direct fight between the Congress and the BJP.Security has been stepped up at the two counting centres the official said. CommentsClose X On February 24 Mungaoli and Kolaras recorded a voters turnover of 77.05 and 70.4 per cent respectively.13 candidates including the Congress Brijendra Singh Yadav BJP s Bai Sahib are in fray in Mungaoli while 22 candidates including Congress Mahendra Singh Yadav and BJP s Devendra Jain are contesting in Kolaras.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 28 2018 5:29 pm In his speech the finance minister said that Rs 37 000 crore has been allocated for agriculture sector for the fiscal year 2018-19. (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiyya on Wednesday presented the annual state budget in the legislative assembly stating that the focus this time is agriculture health education and employment sector even as the Opposition members raised farmers concerns and demanded that their crop loans be waived. The budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly began on Monday with Governor Anandiben Patel asserting that the state government under its Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas agenda was ensuring that benefits of its schemes reached everyone irrespective of caste religion and class. On Monday Patel had praised Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana awards received from the Centre for increasing agricultural production and other pro-farmers steps taken by the state government. Patel only read select portions of the 139-paragraph speech with the Opposition MLAs trying to pick holes in the points she covered in the 19-minute speech. However Congress members raised slogans demanding loan waiver for farmers when the Governor concluded her address. The Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ajay Singh alleged that the government s achievements were a bundle of lies and criticised the Governor s lacklustre speech. In his speech the Finance Minister said Rs 37 000 crore has been allocated for the agriculture sector for the fiscal year 2018-19. He added that the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has allocated Rs 1 627 crore for cooperatives section. While speaking on girl child education he said Rs 9 000 crore has been allocated for Laadli Lakshmi Yojana. According to the government 27 lakh girls have benefited from this scheme so far. Regarding the health sector Malaiyya informed the Assembly that Rs 5 689 crore has been allocated for public health. He also said that six new medical colleges will be started this year and that Rs 3 722 crore has been allocated for supplementary nutrition for children. The government also aims to provide funds for setting up 10-bed hospitals in rural areas. Around 77 lakh families are estimated to benefit from health scheme he added. Meanwhile Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted that Indore and Bhopal Metro project will start this year. इंद र और भ प ल में मेट्र रेल पर य जन क शुभ रंभ इस स ल क य ज एग #MPBudget2018#NayaMP CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) February 28 2018 Malaiyya said Madhya Pradesh s growth rate recorded is higher than the national average. Rs 800 crore has been allocated for boosting investment and Rs 1158 crore for industry promotion. In the budget Rs 1 175 crore has been allocated to National Rural Health Mission (NHM) and Rs 2 986 crore for clean drinking water in rural areas he said. The energy sector has been allocated an annual budget of Rs 18 072 crore and Rs 700 crore for developing a smart city. The Economic Survey of the state was tabled on Tuesday. It showed that agriculture production in Madhya Pradesh has dipped in 2017-18 compared to last year while Rs 1 500 crore has been deposited to 15 lakh farmers accounts who participated in Bhavanta Bhugtan Yojana. It was announced that salaries of Anganwadi workers will also be increased and that Rs 3 722 crore has been allocated for women and child development. With Rs 21 724 crore allocation has been made for school education salaries of teachers and guest teachers will also see a hike. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App Get assembly election result LIVE updates from each constituency in Tripura Nagaland and Meghalaya IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: Madhya Pradesh state budget Employ MentFeb 28 2018 at 5:46 pm बेर जग र हट ओ अभ य न म द ज द्व र चल ए गए ड ज टल इन्ड य से जुड़े और कम ए 15 000 - 20 000 रुपए मह न अब क ई नह रहेग बेर ज़ग र और नह करेग क ई बेर ज़ग र आत्महत्य क्य ंक अब आ गई है 21व ं सद क सबसे बड़ र ज़ग र क्र ंत हम र सपन पूरे भ रत क ह नह पूर दुन य क ड ज टल इंड य से ज ड़न सबक स थ सबक व क स शुरुव त कैसे करे Champ Cash-Digital India App क प्ले स्ट र से इन्स्टल करे और स इन अप करे 1 ड लर ब नस स्प न्सर : 4 6 8 9 4 2 चैलेंज क पूर करे और इंकम करन शुरू करे इसे जरूर न ट कर ले स्प न्सर : 4 6 8 9 4 2 . . . . . . . . Hgdfdudgejdjejd(1)(0) Reply
Congress general secretary and the party s Madhya Pradesh in-charge Deepak Babaria has created a flutter within the party by suggesting an age ceiling and application fee for candidates be put in place ahead of Assembly elections in the state scheduled for later this year. Addressing a recent meeting in Jabalpur the Congress MP urged party leaders aged over 60 to stay away from contesting Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. He also said contestants seeking a ticket pay an application fee a non-refundable amount that will get deposited in the party fund to be utilised for election campaigning. However over two dozen Congress MLAs have registered their protests before the party. Alarmed at Babaria s suggestions a group of MLAs and MPs have decided to meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi and seek redressal. It s a very serious matter. If there s a cap on contesting Assembly election for candidates above 60 a large number of winnable candidates many of whom are sitting MLAs and senior leaders will be rendered ineligible. Many of them have been winning continuously for over three terms. If they aren t allowed to contest it will work in BJP s favour. It s after a long time that the Congress is gaining a foothold in the state and such pre-conditions would only prove detrimental a senior Congress MLA told Firstpost on condition of anonymity. If the situation isn t sorted at the state level we ll meet Rahulji in Delhi the MLA added. Congress leader Dipak Babaria. Firstpost/Debobrat Ghose If the suggestion is implemented it will render a large number of party leaders including sitting and former MLAs redundant. It will also affect senior leaders from the Madhya Pradesh Congress including former chief minister Digvijaya Singh former Union minister Kamal Nath and leader of Opposition Ajay Singh. Apart from them tribal leaders who have a firm stronghold over their respective constituencies like Kantilal Bhuria Nanhe Singh Dhurve Mangilal Maravi and some prominent faces like Vidhan Sabha deputy speaker Rajendra Singh ex-minister Dr Govind Singh Mukesh Nayak Arif Aqueel Raja Pateria Hazarilal Raghuvanshi Sajjan Verma etc would all find themselves unable to contest the upcoming polls. However Babaria has justified his proposal saying a cap on the age of a contestant would give an opportunity to younger and fresher faces. On 17 February the highest decision-making body of the Congress the Steering Committee which replaced the previous Congress Working Committee till the formation of a new one held a meeting where both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi had emphasised on getting fresh faces into the committee as well as to different organisations of the party. Right from the beginning when Rahul took over as Congress president the thrust has been on getting fresh faces into the party. The party has even begun appointing new candidates in states as panellists to appear on news channels as spokespersons as social media coordinators etc. It was only a suggestion. I requested those above 60 and those who have contested three Assembly elections or more to vacate their seat for a younger generation. Let newer faces get an opportunity. There are many workers who have been serving the party for a long time but can never get the opportunity to contest an election. If the older generation can make way for them it will energise the party and aspire others to aim higher Babaria considered a confidant of Rahul Gandhi told Firstpost. I have even told senior members that if they are confident of their ability they should contest the Lok Sabha elections and become MPs. However he added It s not a sacrosanct rule that those above 60 or those who have won three terms will absolutely not be allowed to contest. Taking a final decision is up to the party s central election committee and its top leadership. One may recall that the incumbent BJP government of Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also imposed a age ceiling of 75 something that led to the ouster of former chief minister Babulal Gaur the then minister of home department and also Cabinet minister Sartaj Singh. However the clause was cancelled when BJP president Amit Shah visited Bhopal in August last year. Babaria s second suggestion was that any candidate seeking to contest the Assembly polls should deposit Rs 50 000 as an application fee. This would be deposited in the party fund and will be used for campaigning. A Congress office-bearer said the party receives between 5 000 and 7 000 applications for the 320 seats in Madhya Pradesh most of them from urban and premium seats. Going by Babaria s formula which exempts poor but winnable candidates if Rs 50 000 is collected from 4 900 candidates (100 are exempted) the party would receive Rs 24.50 crore. But will it become a reality? It s only a suggestion. An application fee would mean only candidates serious about contesting will pay up. It s like an elimination process. Irresponsible candidates fill up forms and apply just to try their luck or to act as spoilers for others. This fee would help avoid such behaviour and also help with election preparedness Babaria added. It s the right idea. If a candidate is serious he ll contribute by paying fees. There are many candidates who aren t serious. They fill up their forms just to create a sensation or to create hurdles for genuine candidates. We don t need such candidates said Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson KK Mishra. This advice too has drawn severe criticism while some quarters even spread the rumour that Congress party is demanding money to give tickets to interested candidates. A section of Congress leaders already agitated over the proposed age limit has dubbed this suggestion as anti-democratic and said it would be the end of Congress in Madhya Pradesh. Given rising anti-incumbency against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government and farmer distress in the state the Congress is hopeful of a good showing in the Assembly elections. The top leadership is likely to take a final decision on these two suggestions depending on the results of Kolaras and Mungaoli bypolls the campaigning for which was spearheaded by youth leader Jyotiraditya Scindia. The results will be declared on Wednesday and the Congress has pinned high hopes on these bypolls.
BHOPAL/BHUBANESWAR: The Congress today retained both the assembly seats in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh while it lost to the BJD the lone constituency in Odisha where bypolls were held this month. Brajendra Singh Yadav of the Congress defeated his BJP rival Baisahab Yadav by a margin of 2 124 votes to win the Mungaoli seat while in Kolaras Congress candidate Mahendra Singh Yadav prevailed over Devendra Jain of the BJP by 8 083 votes. Brajendra Yadav got 70 808 votes while Baisahab Yadav bagged 68 684 a poll official said. In Kolaras Mahendra Yadav polled 82 515 votes and Jain 74 432 ballots the official said. The by-elections of February 24 were necessitated by the deaths of sitting Congress MLAs. In Odisha ruling Biju Janata Dal wrested the Bijepur assembly seat from the Congress with its candidate Rita Sahu defeating her nearest rival Ashok Panigrahi of the BJP by 41 933 votes. The Election Commission said Sahu polled 1 02 871 votes against the 60 938 secured by Panigrahi. Pranaya Sahu of the Congress which had held the seat three terms in a row came third with 10 274 votes and lost his deposit. The by-election was held following the death of three-time Congress MLA Subal Sahu in August last year. The BJD fielded his widow as its candidate while Panigrahi left the BJD and contested from the BJP.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 28 2018 2:36:45 pm Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiyya. (file) Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiyya Wednesday presented the annual state budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 in the legislative assembly. Finance minister Jayant Malaiya said that the budget will mainly focus on agriculture health education and employment sectors. The budget session began on Monday with Governor Anandiben Patel s address. Patel in her address stated that the state government has reduced the value-added tax (VAT) on diesel from 27 per cent to 22 per and that on petrol from 31 per cent to 28 per cent. When Patel highlighted the government s achievements in the agriculture sector especially getting the Krishi Karman Award for maximum agriculture production in the country the opposition members raised farmers concerns and demanded that their crop loans be waived. The leader of Opposition in the assembly Ajay Singh alleged that the government s achievements were a bundle of lies and criticised the governor s lacklustre speech. Madhya Pradesh budget 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 2:36PM 28 Feb 18 Rs 6434 crore has been allocated for the police force and Rs 240 crore for Police Awas Scheme. 2:28PM 28 Feb 18 Municipal workers will be benefited with the seventh pay commission पेंशनर्स के स थ ह न गम-मंडल के कर्मच र य ं क म लेग स तवें वेतनम न क ल भ #MPBudget2018 #NayaMP CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) February 28 2018 2:21PM 28 Feb 18 Girl child education Rs 9000 crore has been allocated for Laadli Lakshmi Yojana. According to the government 27 lakh girls have been benefitted from this scheme so far. 2:16PM 28 Feb 18 Other budget allocations Rs 413 crore for AYUSH education Rs 200 crores for Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana Rs 350 crore allocated under amnesty scheme for defaulting farmers small-term loans 2:09PM 28 Feb 18 Budget for health sector Rs 5 689 crore has been allocated for public health; six new medical colleges to be started this year. Rs 3 722 crore for supplementary nutrition for children. The government also aims to provide funds for setting up 10-bed hospitals in rural areas; 77 lakh families are estimated to benefit from health scheme. 2:01PM 28 Feb 18 It was announced that salaries of Anganwadi workers will also be increased. Rs 3722 crore has been allocated for women and child development; decision will be taken to further spread Anganwadi yojana. With Rs 21 724 crore for school education salary of teachers and guest teachers to be increased; contractual teachers to be made permanent. 1:52PM 28 Feb 18 Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Indore and Bhopal Metro project will start this year इंद र और भ प ल में मेट्र रेल पर य जन क शुभ रंभ इस स ल क य ज एग #MPBudget2018 #NayaMP CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) February 28 2018 1:45PM 28 Feb 18 Finance Minister Jayant Malaiyya said that Madhya Pradesh s growth rate recorded is higher than national average.Rs 800 crore has been allocated for boosting investment and Rs 1158 crore for industry promotion 1:38PM 28 Feb 18 Rs 1175 crore has been allocated to National Rural Health Mission (NHM). Rs 2986 crore has been allocated for clean drinking water in rural areas. 1:32PM 28 Feb 18 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted that the government aims to set up 700 new high schools and 480 new senior secondary schools. Rs 3 109 crore has also been allocated for Sarv Siksha Abhiyan #MPBudget2018 में स्कूल श क्ष के ल ए 21 हज र 724 कर ड़ रुपए क प्र वध न क य गय है स थ ह श क्षक व अत थ व द्व न ं क वेतन बढ़ य ज येग अध्य पक संवर्ग क खत्म कर श क्षक बन य ज एग #NayaMP CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) February 28 2018 1:19PM 28 Feb 18 The energy sector has been allocated an annual budget of Rs 18072 crore and Rs 700 crore for developing a smart city. 1:15PM 28 Feb 18 Rs 11 932 crore has been allocated for all programmes of civic bodies. #MPBudget2018 में न क य ं क समस्त प र य जन ओं के ल ए 11 932 कर ड़ रुपये क प्र वध न क य गय है #NayaMP CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) February 28 2018 1:08PM 28 Feb 18 Rs 1500 crore has been deposited to 15 lakh farmers accounts who have participated in Bhavanta Bhugtan Yojana. 1:06PM 28 Feb 18 The Economic Survey of the state was tabled on Tuesday. It showed that agriculture production in Madhya Pradesh has dipped in 2017-18 compared to last year. 1:05PM 28 Feb 18 Budget allocated for agriculture sector is Rs 37 000 crore. To benefit farmers the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government also allocated Rs 1627 crore for cooperatives section IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd No Comments.
BHOPAL: A day ahead of Madhya Pradesh budget to be presented in the assembly finance minister Jayant Malaiya disclosed that the budget would mainly focus on agriculture health education and employment sectors. Taking a dig at Congress criticism on Prime Minister Narendra Modi s pakoda remark Malaiya said pakoda makers earn more than soot-boot wallas . Pakoda making is also work. Pakoda makers earn more than soot-boot wallas and there is no sarcasm involved retorted Malaiya replying to a query over the controversy. This is the last budget of the current tenure of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government and development of all sections has been kept in mind. Budget would mainly focus on agriculture health education and employment sectors Malaiya told reporters on Tuesday. Malaiya however ruled out that the government is in favour of waiving farm loans. He said loan waiver is not what farmers want but the opposition Congress. The state government is not in favour of waiving farm loans. This was demanded by Congress leaders who are playing politics. We are focusing on doubling the income of the peasants while trying to generate more employment said Malaiya. The minister however did not react over large amount of farm loans on peasants. A recent survey report of National Bureau of India had disclosed that MP despite winning four agriculture awards has more than 50 lakh farmers under agriculture debts. The report mentioned in the state assembly during discussion stated that farmers in the state have drawn Rs 60 000 crore as loans from various financial institutions which are due for payment.
Nine-time MP from Chhindwara and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath said it is important that the party declare a chief ministerial candidate soon for the Madhya Pradesh election due in December. In an interview to Aman Sharma he said he would back party colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia if he is announced as the CM face. He said he was not ruling himself out but he was not hungry for it. Excerpts: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told ET in a recent interview that he would retain power in this year s polls due to his Bhavantar scheme and high agricultural growth on his watch. How do you assess Congress s chances? When CM talks of agricultural growth what he does not talk about is agricultural distress. In MP 75% of people are directly or indirectly engaged in agriculture. The economy of the state is dependent on agriculture. Agriculture production could have gone up due to better seeds and better irrigation but at the end of the day the question is what price the farmer gets in his hand what he takes home. That is the crucial thing and that is what is in great distress. As far as 2018 elections in MP are concerned every section of society is unhappy youth unemployment is at its peak. Even the jobs of those who are retiring are not being filled up forget about creating more employment. More jobs have been lost than jobs created. All the sloganeering and schemes of crop insurance have been disastrous no farmer has got insurance though insurance companies have made a lot of profit. Bhavantar is a scheme which entails that the farmer has to lose Rs 250-300 per quintal. No farmer is happy with it. Traders are unhappy over GST and demonetisation. Government employees are protesting shaving their heads and out with begging bowls. This politics of gimmickry and sloganeering stands exposed. Is the Congress house in order in MP? There is a perception of infighting among the senior leaders in the state. I think this perception that Congress leaders keep on fighting is more in the media. I don t see any disunity among the leaders at all. There is coordination and this will only improve in the next couple of months. Of course we need to put our house in order and we are in the process of doing it. You had stated a few months ago that Jyotiraditya Scindia should be declared the party s CM candidate Well I had answered a question as to whether I had any objections to Mr Scindia becoming CM. I said I had no objections. That was my answer. And I certainly have no objections. If Mr Scindia is announced as CM candidate I will welcome it. Do you think the announcement on CM face should come sooner than later? Yes it will because the first thing is to get our house in order. The CM candidate announcement is important it should come. We should also put our house in order at the district and block levels so that all is functioning properly. Are you ruling yourself out as CM face? I am not ruling myself out but I am not hungry for it I am not looking for it. I am simply saying that whoever is announced I am going to back him. Anybody can be announced as the leader I will be quite happy to back him. Digvijaya Singh has been on a Narmada yatra for five months now. Will it help the party? Of course. Digvijaya Singh has gone the workers have been mobilised the public has come out. What Digvijaya Singh has done I consider it humanly impossible. What he has done is phenomenal and it will certainly help the party. Can Digvijaya also be the CM candidate? I don t know. This only Mr Rahul Gandhi can answer. Can Rahul Gandhi challenge Narendra Modi in the 2019 general election? Will he https://www.scca.com/kkabhi be your prime ministerial face? Rahul Gandhi will be our face for the 2019 election. Whatever people may say about him or the propaganda BJP spreads about him will stand exposed. We must not forget that in 2004 Mrs Sonia Gandhi was the most vilified political person Sushma Swaraj had said she would shave her head someone said he would become an NRI or leave politics. She had then taken on Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was a much-loved prime minister and she made Mr Vajpayee sit at home. That is the Indian electorate. BJP must not forget that. I see Mr Rahul Gandhi as a very effective and strong face for Congress leadership in 2019. Let us not think of these glorified urban centres that pass opinions in the social circles of Delhi without knowing anything happening in the country. I think as time moves in a couple of months the assurances given by BJP prior to the 2014 election will stand exposed. They have been unfulfilled. There is great restlessness among the people. The enthusiasm with which they voted for BJP in 2014 is no more there. The voter is much smarter this time. An Indian voter does not mind being disappointed but he does not want to be cheated. Will Rahul Gandhi be able to build a large coalition in 2019 as Sonia Gandhi did? If required certainly a larger coalition can be built because other non-BJP parties have seen BJP and they themselves will look forward to a coalition so that BJP is kept out. Rahul Gandhi can definitely build a good coalition. The Akalis are already unhappy. Also there are two kinds of coalitions prepoll and post-poll. In 2004 we had a pre-poll coalition with DMK and with others we had a post-poll coalition. So you have to look at the nature and circumstances at that time.
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