Congress accuses BJP government in Madhya Pradesh of corruption

September 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Congress workers held demonstrations in various places across Madhya Pradesh Wednesday to protest the baton charge on All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Digvijay Singh. Protests were held in Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore and Guna among major cities.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Both houses of parliament were adjourned Monday with noisy protests over the government's plan to set up a separate development authority for the drought-hit Bundelkhand region that spans Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The Left parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined hands to oppose the Congress move to set up a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority for the backward region.

August 3rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Youth Congress workers Monday held demonstrations at all district headquarters across Madhya Pradesh to protest unscheduled power cuts and "inflated bills" to the farmers and domestic consumers. "Madhya Pradesh is facing a severe power crisis as the electricity shortage has jumped to over 1,500 MW during the peak hours and the situation is not good during the off-peak hours as well", said state Youth Congress president Jitu Patwari who led the demonstration in the state capital.

August 1st, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opposing the setting up of a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority by the central government, an official said Saturday. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has demanded such an authority be set up to spur development in the backward region that straddles Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three days after he met the prime minister to seek a special package for the Bundelkhand region, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday said the party would do everything for the welfare and development of the region that he says is steeped in poverty. "We have submitted a memorandum to the prime minister (on Bundelkhand).

June 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader Rameshwar Thakur took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today. Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice A K Pattnaik administered the oath of office to the Thakur.

June 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur was sworn in here Tuesday as the 18th governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition in assembly Jamuna Devi, state Congress Committee president Suresh Pachouri, Madhya Pradesh cabinet ministers and other dignitaries were present on the occasion at Raj Bhavan.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former law minister H.R. Bhardwaj was Wednesday appointed governor of Karnataka, replacing incumbent Rameshwar Thakur who has been transferred to Madhya Pradesh, officials said here.

April 14th, 2009 MANDLA - Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of giving a communal colour to the issue of terrorism and also referred to the 1999 Kandahar hijack episode when terrorists were freed by the then National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. 'Some people find shortcomings in our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but these people want to communalise even a serious issue like terrorism,' Gandhi said while addressing an election rally at Mandla in Madhya Pradesh.

April 13th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Congress candidate in Madhya Pradesh was arrested Monday for organising an election meeting at a government building allegedly without seeking permission from the authorities in violation of the model code of conduct. Former minister Bala Bachchan, who is contesting from the Khargone parliamentary constituency, was arrested in Khandwa district, divisional police officer Rajiv Kumar Mishra said.

April 13th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Congress legislator was shot dead by unidentified assailants when he was returning from an election meeting in Madhya Pradesh Monday evening, police said. Makhan Singh Jatav was shot at from a point blank range by four unidentified people near Chharetav village of Bhind district, in Madhya Pradesh's Chambal region, around 550 km from here.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sections of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might be exulting in the attention their party's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi is getting after his inflammatory speeches. But there is one place where the 'other Gandhi' won't be welcome -- Madhya Pradesh, where the party's election in-charge is Sushma Swaraj.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The candidature of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Suresh Pachauri from Hoshangabad Lok Sabha seat seems to be in jeopardy. His name was cleared by the central election committee (CEC), but it was missing from the first list of 12 candidates from the state, announced Thursday.

February 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - Candidates from the entire country would now be eligible to appear for examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Public service Commission (MPPSC) or other bodies for state government jobs, an official source said Wednesday. The state cabinet Tuesday decided that passing higher secondary or graduation from Madhya Pradesh would not be a criteria for recruitment through the MPPSC.

December 31st, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Congress would have come to power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh had it been more united and disciplined, says party president Sonia Gandhi while pointing out the weaknesses that led to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) win in the two states. 'In Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh we were not able to capitalise on the discontent among the people in these states against BJP.