BJP MP’s remarks on pregnant woman’s demand for motorable road to village in M.P. stir row

Madhya Pradesh BJP deputy Rajesh Mishra, a pregnant woman in the village of Sidhi region by searching for social media fame and delivery of arrangements for delivery of the election area after accusing the arrangements caused controversy.

At the beginning of this week, Leela Sahu, a connected content creator from the village of Khurd, shared a video on social media containing him and seven other seven pregnant women and emphasized their demands for a road that connects his villages to a town 10 km away and said that they had the nearest medical facility.

Ms. Sahu, who has more than 11 Lakh subscribers on Youtube and four Lakh followers on Facebook, has shared multiple videos that demanded improvements in the muddy road conditions of the village since then, vehicles stuck in mud and local people. In one of his videos, Ms. Sahu, who claimed to be nine months pregnant, addressed the deputy and asked who would be held responsible if any of the pregnant women faced difficulties due to bad road conditions.

Sahu claimed that after the search for the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after bringing the problem to the agenda through last year’s videos, Mr. Mishra claimed that he was sure that he would be built within a year. However, despite this promise, he claimed that no progress has been made in the project. “If you didn’t have the courage to build the road, why would you promise? [Union Road Transport Minister] Nitin Gadkari, ”he said in a video.

However, Mr. Mishra said it is not right to use it as a tool to increase pregnancy demands. “Many children were born in that village and have been born, but have there been any incidents so far? [Chief Minister] Mohan Yadav’s government in the parliament, if necessary, we can even get a patient ventilated by the helicopter or aircraft. ”

“We have ambulances and other facilities. We have ASHA Workers. We will make arrangements for delivery. Bride and if there is a problem, invest in a hospital. Every delivery has an expected date. We will get them a week ago. Our government gives all the facilities, including food and water. [pregnancy] To talk about such things in front of him. If someone wants to be famous on social media, you can do anything for it. This thing will be in every village then ..

On Wednesday, Madhya Pradesh’s Minister of Public Works Rajesh Singh, many people demanded through social media, while the department was not possible to start construction work.

“If someone puts a letter on social media, do you think that PWD has enough budget we have reached there with a buffer to make the way? This is not possible,” he said.

‘Shameful Comments’

Jitu Patwari, President of the State Congress, said Mr. Mishra’s words, “Shameful and full of arrogance,” he said. “She is asked to be taken to the hospital from her home from her delivery date, but the road was not built,” she said.