Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday criticised the Congress party for making Madhya Pradesh an ‘ailing state’ during its regime. He said after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came into power, the state got more electricity and better roads, which are no less than the roads of the United States. “I want to ask you all whether Congress did during its regime what BJP has done in Shahdol? Did they make such high class roads? Did they give you schools and colleges? Congress has broken the heart of Shahdol. During the Congress regime people used to call Madhya Pradesh as a ‘bemaru’ (ailing) state because there was no electricity or roads earlier. But when I went to United States and said, ‘Dear Americans, you must have made roads, but we have made better roads than you.’ However, Congress criticised me for saying this. I want to say again that our roads are no less than US,” he added.
