Budget is anti-farmer: Chouhan

September 27th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked the central government not to withdraw the paramilitary forces from the state's Maoist-affected Balaghat district, warning it could lead to the rebels' resurgence in the area, official sources said Sunday. In a letter sent to Home Minister P.

September 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mayawati for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of a state official in Agra, official sources said Sunday. The body of Bhopal Development Authority chief executive officer M.G.

September 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for more funds to achieve the task of providing free and compulsory education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, an official said Thursday. "The efficacious implementation of the right granted would entail both capital and recurring expenditure.

September 3rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Thursday expressed profound grief over the untimely demise of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajashekhar Reddy, who was killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday. The country, including Andhra Pradesh, has lost an able administrator and a charismatic politician, Chouhan said in his message.

September 1st, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said he was not in the race for the post of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president. "These reports are mere media creation and nothing else," Chouhan said.

August 19th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivaraj Singh Chouhan said the state is witnessing the worst drought of the century. As many as 37 districts of the state were declared drought hit as they are suffering from scanty of rainfall.

August 15th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Independence Day Saturday, urged the people to contribute to the state's development by saving water and electricity. Chouhan said development should not be seen just as the government's responsibility, but people should come forward and do their bit too.

August 1st, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday opposing initiation of the Central Government to set up a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority. Earlier, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has demanded the creation of such an authority for the development in the backward region of Bundelkhand, which consist parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

July 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Raghavji Friday presented in the state assembly a Rs.102.96 crore deficit budget for the financial year 2009-10, which the opposition termed as "anti-development". Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the budget was in line with his government's priority to make Madhya Pradesh a "golden state".

March 31st, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to raise strongly at the G20 summit the issue of Indian black money deposited in Swiss banks. In a letter, Chouhan urged the prime minister to raise the issue of tax evaders' money in foreign banks, which is estimated to be 50 to 120 times more than India's GDP.

February 26th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged union ministers from the state to exercise their influence at the centre and help resolve issues that are crucial for the development of the state. Chouhan Wednesday sent a letter alleging 'partial and unjust treatment being meted out to the state by the central government' to Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh, Commerce and Industries Minister Kamal Nath, Minister of State for Agriculture, Food and Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Kantilal Bhuraia and Minister of State for Information Technology Jyotiraditya Scindia.

February 22nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Saturday embarked on a 'justice rally' to protest the central government's alleged discrimination against the state. 'How can the Congress led by a foreigner understand the woes of poor people?' asked Chouhan before launching the rally from the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters here.

February 12th, 2009 BHOPAL - The interim railway budget presented Friday is disappointing for Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. 'The proposals like plying a daily Habibganj-Kurla train, running daily train between Bhopal and Lucknow, making the Puri-Jaipur Express bi-weekly, extending the Shatabdi to Indore, starting a third Bina-Itarsi line and adding a coach from Bhopal to the Jabalpur Mumbai-Garib Rath have not been implemented,' he said in a statement.

February 1st, 2009 BHOPAL - A police officer extorting money and a revenue official using a beacon light on his private car have been suspended after being trapped by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Both officials were caught Saturday night by Chouhan who was taking a surprise tour of the state capital.

January 12th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tuesday said his government was committed to make the state power surplus in near future. Replying to a debate on the motion of thanks to Governor Balram Jakhar's address during the inaugural session of the 13th Madhya Pradesh assembly, Chouhan said the state was facing crisis of power due curtailment in state's share by the central government, non-supply of coal for power plants and lack of water in Indra Sagar and Omkareshwar.