Youth Congress protests power cuts in Madhya Pradesh

September 3rd, 2009 BHOPAL - All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijay Singh Thursday night alleged that the Madhya Pradesh administration is working "under the pressure" of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. Digvijay Singh made the above allegation when a group of journalists met him in Bhopal after Chief Minister Shivraj Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party paid him a courtesy call in the evening to know about his well being.

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.

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).

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".

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 28th, 2009 BHOPAL - Cities and towns across Madhya Pradesh will soon have more power outages as the gap between the demand and supply of electricity is widening, officials said. "As of now, power cuts, which are officially for two hours daily in division headquarters, may be increased to three hours," official sources said.

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.

February 14th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Youth Congress worker in Indore town of Madhya Pradesh Sunday attempted to commit suicide but was stopped by the police before he could set himself on fire, the police said. The incident occurred a little before a function the Congress' Indore unit organised to mark the unveiling of the late prime minister Indira Gandhi's statue.

February 5th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Congress party Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh of large-scale corruption in central government sponsored schemes. Talking to reporters, Congress national general secretary Narayan Sami said, 'The state government is being provided ample funds under various central government schemes like the Rojgar Guarantee Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana, but during my recent tour to Bundelkhand I saw that the funds were misappropriated on a large scale.' He also accused the government of appointing people affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the central government sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

January 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi is visiting this Gujarat city Friday to woo youths in the state to join the party, a senior Congress party leader said Wednesday. The Congress is conducting party elections in the state for its youth wing, said Ashok Tanwar, president of the All India Youth Congress.

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.

January 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - The opposition Congress party Sunday demanded that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) issue a report on the power crisis in Madhya Pradesh after the ruling party failed to fulfil its promise of providing 24-hour electricity in the state. 'The state government should issue a white paper on the power crisis.

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.