Madhya Pradesh will become 'Madira Pradesh': Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Slamming the Kamal Nath-led government, the BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Fridaysaid that its decision to allowliquor license holders to open sub-shops by paying extra will turn the state, "Madhya Pradesh" into "Madira Pradesh".

"This decision will make Madhya Pradesh 'Madira Pradesh'. When our government was there, we had decided that no new liquor shops will be opened in the state and we had even started closing the liquor shops which were already there at that time... Don't take such decisions which will destroy the state," Chouhan told media here.

[ Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan wrote letter to CM Kamal Nath (Courtesy: Twitter)]

Chouhan has also wrote to Nath urging him to take back the decision.

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मैंने मुख्यमंत्री कमलनाथ जी से शराब की दुकानें न खोलने की अपील की है। चिट्ठी लिखकर भी अपील कर रहा हूं कि शराब की उपदुकानें खोलने का यह फैसला प्रदेश को तबाह और बर्बाद करने वाला है। यह फैसला वापस नहीं लिया गया तो हम जनता के साथ मिलकर आंदोलन करेंगे। #MP_मांगे_जवाब pic.twitter.com/IEyEMck3lE — Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) January 10, 2020

"The question is not about liquor shops. It is about the security of women and the future of youth," he said.

The BJP leader attacked Nath for his statement over Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "indecent".

On Thursday, the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister accused the BJP of diverting the attention of people from real issues and said "no one from the party took part in the freedom struggle" but it was giving lessons in nationalism.