Friday, January 09, 2009

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan

How many new faces are expected in the new ministry?
Let’s keep that issue on the shelf for a while, please!

What are the major challenges you face in your second term?
Challenges are a constant reality. The BJP government has completed some major developmental projects in the last term. Some new projects have been worked out as well.

We started those projects with due dialogue and consultation with the people for whom those specific projects were meant. To do that, we organised massive mahapanchayats (public hearings). However, all the projects have not been completed, so we have to ensure that they come through. Our biggest challenge is to make Madhya Pradesh a fully developed state in the next five years.

What will be the priority sectors for the new government?
There are some formalities to set up the new government. These may be over soon. But work has not stopped. We have started work already. At the very outset, we have held a meeting on potable water. It is our top priority to give drinking water to all the areas of the state.

Besides, we shall work ceaselessly for the uplift of women. We shall make the projects that are running more effective. We shall take up the issue of large investments in the state and augment industrial growth with an eye to generating employment. Power generation is a top priority.

Even as Congress conceded defeat, yet they have promised to extend positive cooperation. How do you see that?
The BJP does not have reservations on taking help from anyone so long as it benefits the people of the state. We feel people must rise above sectarian politics and together participate in the development of the state.

We sought the support and mandate of the people precisely for this purpose, and we got their blessings for our work. We have always welcomed positive cooperation for the development of the state, which is our highest goal......Continue

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