MP CM invites Guv for Dec 4 function to mark tribal icon Tantya Bhils martyrdom
Bhopal Nov 27 PTI Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday called on Governor Mangubhai Patel to invite him for a function on December 4 in Patalpani in Indore to mark the martyrdom of freedom fighter and tribal icon Tantya Bhil The meeting between Chouhan and Patel who happens to be the first governor of the state from a tribal community lasted for about thirty minutes at Raj Bhawan officials said Recently Chouhan had announced that Patalpani railway station would be renamed after Tantya Bhil The move is being seen by political observers as the BJPs plan to woo the tribal community back into the partys fold in time for the 2023 Assembly polls As per the 2011 Census tribals in MP number 153 crore which is 2108 per cent of the states 726 crore population with 47 seats in the 230-memberAssembly being reserved for Schedule Tribes The Congress had won 31 of the 47 seats in the 2018 state polls a situation the ruling BJP wants to set right in 2023 PTI LAL BNM BNM BNM
Bhopal Nov 27 PTI Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday called on Governor Mangubhai Patel to invite him for a function on December 4 in Patalpani in Indore to mark the martyrdom of freedom fighter and tribal icon Tantya Bhil The meeting between Chouhan and Patel who happens to be the first governor of the state from a tribal community lasted for about thirty minutes at Raj Bhawan officials said Recently Chouhan had announced that Patalpani railway station would be renamed after Tantya Bhil The move is being seen by political observers as the BJPs plan to woo the tribal community back into the partys fold in time for the 2023 Assembly polls As per the 2011 Census tribals in MP number 153 crore which is 2108 per cent of the states 726 crore population with 47 seats in the 230-memberAssembly being reserved for Schedule Tribes The Congress had won 31 of the 47 seats in the 2018 state polls a situation the ruling BJP wants to set right in 2023 PTI LAL BNM BNM BNM
