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MP: Chouhan echoes PM on money parked in Jan Dhan A/Cs
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to Jan Dhan account holders not to return the money deposited in their accounts by black money hoarders, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday echoed similar views while lauding the Centre’s demonetisation move.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to Jan Dhan account holders not to return the money deposited in their accounts by black money hoarders, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday echoed similar views while lauding the Centre’s demonetisation move.
“It has happened for the first time in history when the rich knocked on the door of the poor and urged them to park their money in the Jan Dhan accounts,” Chouhan said while addressing a gathering of beneficiaries of government welfare schemes at the capital’s Jamboree Maidan on Sunday.
“PM has already said ‘don’t return the money to them. If they ask you to return their money write a letter to the PM and also the CM’. There is no need to return the money. PM is in the process of formulating a scheme in this regard,” he said, drawing a rapturous applause.
Blaming the Congress for the chasm between the rich and the poor in the country, he said there was a section of people who with their wisdom or muscle power possessed massive wealth. “Corruption too played a major role in widening the gap between the two sides,” he said.
Chouhan said, “There are some who are living a luxurious life in skyscrapers, having amassed massive wealth, whereas the poor continue to suffer. They face the cold wave during winters and lose their life in summers and rains.”
He went on to depict the contrast between the rich and the poor through a couplet – “Koi taras raha ujiyaare, koi Suraj baandhe sota hai, aisa kyun hota hai, aisa kyun hota hai?”
He said Pt Deendayal Upadhyay’s human integral philosophy was the best way to fill the gap and ensure development of the grassroots as communism and capitalism failed to ensure happiness in the poor’s life.
While Chouhan appreciated the PM’s decision on demonetisation, he admitted there was a shortage of currency as of now. But, he added, the crisis would be over soon.
