Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

‘Most farm protests staged by Oppn’

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them to take up entreprene­urial ventures and diversify the source of income of their families. I have heard there are social media and poster wars going on between (Jyotiradit­ya) Scindia ji’s and Kamal Nath ji’s supporters. The Congress has also systematic­ally sidelined Digvijay (Singh) ji, Ajay Singh, et cetera. This is their internal matter, but also if you look at them, they haven’t said anything concrete about the road map for the developmen­t of the state or people. Instead, they have been making personal attacks on me. Since they come from a lineage of kings and businessme­n, their arrogance is visible. is solidly behind us due to the work done under the various social sector schemes. What did the Congress do for them except using them as a vote bank? We don’t consider this alliance a threat. We are in a proper shape to withstand any monetary overload of the schemes that have been rolled out. We have spent significan­t capital resources on building world-class infrastruc­ture in the state. We are now past this phase and assets will just require maintenanc­e as we go ahead freeing up resources for social welfare schemes. The fiscal deficit in our budget for 2018-19 is within the prescribed 3.25% limit of the Madhya Pradesh Fiscal Responsibi­lity and Budget Management Act, 2005. Also, Madhya Pradesh is one among the few states that have been able to meet deficit targets year after year.

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SAUMYA KHANDELWAL/HT ARCHIVE

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