Author: Staff Reporter
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: April 28, 2009
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/172511/MP-Chhattisgarh-to-be-counted-as-model-States-says-Raman.html
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on
Monday said that in the times to come besides Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh will be counted as 'model States'.
"These three States are moving ahead
with 'Development Mantra' with the overwhelming support from the public,"
Singh, who came here on a poll visit, told the reporters while replying to
a question.
He said Gujarat has set example in terms of
industrial investment and attainment of self-independence. Singh claimed similarly,
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are progressing fast with the implementation
of its development-oriented schemes to rank among developed States.
"Chouhan draws attention of entire India
through his Ladali Lakshmi Yojana and this is the reason why it gets place
in the manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)," he said.
The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister said he along
with his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan would create hat
trick akin to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
"I and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan will become more confident after creating hat trick,"
Singh said..
He was asked that Modi always remained in
media headlines due to his image and statements in comparison with other Bharatiya
Janata Party-ruled States' Chief Ministers. "Modi is senior to us and
made a spectacular hat trick in Gujarat," he said. He claimed that following
the West Bengal Model, the BJP has moved ahead to play a long innings in power.
