Madhya Pradesh: After a remarkable victory in Karnataka, Congress is gearing up for the Madhya Pradesh elections. It seems like the grand old party is trying every trick and tactic to outsmart the saffron party from the state. In order to this, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday visited Madhya Pradesh and performed Narmada Pooja. Vadra was accompanied by Congress leader Kamal Nath.
She offered prayers to the Narmada River which is considered the lifeline of Madhya Pradesh. According to reports, she will kickstart her party's campaign here for the year-end Assembly polls with a rally.
Jabalpur, also known as Sanskardhrani, is the cultural capital of the state and has been adorned with cutouts of mace-carrying Hanuman ahead of the visit.
Gandhi performed puja along the banks of the Narmada at Gwarighat accompanied by Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath, party general secretary in-charge of the state JP Agrawal and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha.
Gandhi, who was presented with an idol of Lord Ganesh by local MLA Tarun Bhanot, and other leaders pledged to keep the Narmada clean.
While addressing the public there, Priyanka Gandhi promised to implement the five-guarantee scheme if Congress came into power after the assembly elections in the state. She promised to provide Rs 1500 every month to each woman in the state. Gas cylinder prices will be decreased to Rs 500 from Rs 1000. She further promised to implement the old pension scheme in the state. For farmers, she promised to waive off debt. In addition to this, the Congress government will provide 100 units of electricity free of cost, and the cost will be cut to half within 200 units of consumption.
(with inputs from PTI)
