CM’s Back-to-Back Delhi Visits Spark Buzz
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s back-to-back visits to Delhi this week have set tongues wagging in political circles. While senior state BJP leaders maintain that the CM’s tours are related to important development projects, political pundits in Bhopal are making their own guesses. Speculations range from something big about to happen to a possible rejig of the state’s council of ministers.
Several others are linking the visits to potential announcements of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of independent corporations and boards, appointments that have been long overdue. Adding momentum to these speculations was the recent meeting between BJP National Joint General Secretary (Organisation) Shiv Prakash and the CM in Bhopal.
All’s Not Well Between Deputy CM & BJP MLA
Tensions appear to be brewing between Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla and first-time BJP MLA Siddharth Tiwari in Rewa district of the Vindhya region. The issue has been making news, especially after Shukla’s pictures were found missing from posters of an event held in Tiwari’s constituency, Teonthar, which was graced by CM Mohan Yadav.
Notably, Shukla skipped the event itself after welcoming the CM at Rewa Airport. This absence has triggered further speculation about a rift between Shukla, who is considered the most powerful BJP leader in Vindhya, and Tiwari, the grandson of Congress stalwart and former Vidhan Sabha Speaker Late Shrinivas Tiwari.
Cell Phones Looted from IG-Intel in VVIP Area
In a troubling incident, three teenagers recently looted two cell phones from Dr. Ashish, the IG-Intelligence of state police, while he was on a night stroll with his wife near his bungalow in Bhopal’s high-security and VVIP Char Imli area. The three minors, who were riding motorcycles, managed to carry out the theft without immediate intervention.
This incident involving a senior IPS officer has exposed serious concerns about the security arrangements in the state capital’s supposedly high-security areas. The opposition Congress has questioned the government, stating, “If this is the situation in a VVIP area, what might be the state of affairs in other parts of the state capital?”
The Char Imli area is known to house bungalows of senior politicians, bureaucrats, and police officers, making the breach even more alarming.
Reported by Anuraag Singh, Our Correspondent in Madhya Pradesh
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