Madhya Pradesh's Mohan Yadav government has acted against its party leaders for violating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Save Energy, Save Fuel’ appeal.
The CM’s office issued a show-cause notice to Saubhagya Singh, who had recently violated the PM’s appeal by leading a procession of around 200 vehicles from Ujjain to Bhopal to assume charge as the MP Textbook Corporation chairperson.
The show-cause notice not only termed Singh’s vehicle procession as a waste of national resources but also added that it amounted to overlooking a fervent appeal of national importance.
Pending Singh’s reply to the showcase notice, the CMO ceased his administrative and financial powers as head of the MP Textbook Corporation.
His entry into the premises of the Textbook Corporation has been banned until a final decision is taken at the competent level.
Saubhagya Singh is a senior RSS and BJP member from CM Dr. Mohan Yadav’s assembly constituency, Ujjain South.
The move came just a few hours after the state BJP removed the newly appointed Bhind district BJP Kisan Morcha chief Sajjan Singh Yadav from his post on Thursday for carrying out a Kisan Morcha rally with hundreds of vehicles from Gwalior to Bhind (around 80 km) on Wednesday.
Taking note of news reports and social media posts about Yadav leading a rally of hundreds of vehicles from Gwalior to Bhind (around 80 km), the state president of the BJP Kisan Morcha, Jaipal Singh Chawda, as directed by state BJP chief Hemant Khandelwal, removed Yadav from his post.
Importantly, on May 12, in line with the response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to save fuel, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav decided to reduce the number of vehicles in his motorcade until further orders.
Yadav has also urged members of the Council of Ministers to promote the use of public transport and reduce petrol and diesel consumption in view of the prevailing global situation and in the interest of the nation.
“Until further orders, only eight vehicles will accompany the CM’s motorcade instead of the existing 13, meaning a 38% cut in the number of vehicles in the CM’s convoy,” Yadav had announced on May 12.
Further, it has also been decided that no vehicle rallies will be organised during the CM’s tours. All ministers were instructed to use the minimum number of vehicles during travel.
Instructions were also issued to newly appointed office-bearers of corporations and boards to assume charge in a simple manner without organising vehicle rallies.
Ministers, office-bearers of corporations and boards, and citizens were urged to minimise the use of vehicles, prefer public transport, and avoid unnecessary travel in private vehicles.
