It was suspected that Gupta has in his possession some payment details in the purchase of AgustaWestland VVIP choppers and the link is to be unravelled, they said. 

Nath spoke about various issues in relation to farm distress in Madhya Pradesh, how and why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government tried Bhavantar and then recalled it.

The Chief Minister said an inquiry has been ordered and officials have been told to lodge complaint in police stations about irregularities.   

At a session on the emerging market outlook at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019, Nath also strongly defended his government's farm loan waiver decision and said the agricultural sector in India and particularly in his state has been in distress.

The saffron party workers were protesting against the recent murders of their leaders Prahlad Bandhwar in Mandsaur and Manoj Thackeray in Barwani.

Referring to Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's Pakistan visit, PM Modi said that Congress was using Kartarpur corridor to fulfill their political ambitions.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan had said that he and all other BJP MLAs will sing 'Vande Mataram' on the first day of the Madhya PradeshAssembly session.

Madhya Pradesh Law Minister PC Sharma in a statement said that cases filed on April 2 or in the last 15 years by the previous BJP government will be withdrawn.  

Similarly, a plan will be prepared to quash the cases filed against employees' union leaders for taking part in agitations.

Tribal MLA Bala Bachchan, who was minister in the previous Digvijay Singh-led Congress government, was given Home and Jail, while another senior MLA, Tulsi Silawat, got Health, the Public Relations department official said.

Sharing the news on social media, the chief minister said that he was happy to put the shoes in the party worker's feet, who had vowed to remain barefoot for the party's success. 

With 114 seats, the Congress party, emerged as the single largest party in the 230-member Assembly.

"I meant to say that local people should get preference (in employment). And this is everywhere. I did not say anything new. It is everywhere. Is it not so in Gujarat (that locals get preference in jobs)?," he told reporters.

Kamal Nath's intentions were clear and acceptable, but his choice of words was wrong. He could have avoided mention of UP and Bihar migrant workers. 

In Bhopal, Nath had said, "Lot of industries are set up in which people from other states, like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, come to work. I do not want to criticise them, but the youth of Madhya Pradesh are deprived (of jobs)."

"We used to hear such things from Maharastra, where it is being said why North Indians come here, do business and take jobs. Similar voices came from Delhi. Now it's from MP," Yadav said in Lucknow.

Speaking during his first press conference at the state secretariat as the CM, Kamal Nath said incentives would be granted to industries giving preference to the state's youths in recruitment.

Fulfilling the pre-poll promises made by the Congress, order to waive off farmers’ agricultural loans were issued by newly elected chief ministers of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on Monday. 

BSP chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, whose parties have extended support to the Congress government, were conspicuous by their absence.

The 72-year-old Kamal Nath, who represented Chhindwara for nine terms in the Lok Sabha, was the only one to take the oath even as the other contender to the Chief Minister's post, Jyotiraditya Scindia, was present. The ceremony was held an hour behind schedule at 2.30 p.m.