Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has introduced a 4% hike within the dearness allowance (DA) for the state government workers, a transfer that comes forward of the state Assembly elections scheduled by the year-end.
Chouhan made the announcement whereas addressing a mass marriage perform at Gillor village in Sehore district on Friday night.
The state government will enhance the DA by 4 per cent to convey it on par with the one supplied by the Centre, he stated on the event.
Elections for the 230-member Assembly within the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state are more likely to be held in November this yr.
The outcomes of the 2018 elections threw up a hung Assembly, with the Congress rising as the only largest celebration successful 114 seats, whereas the BJP bagged 109 seats.
The Congress had fashioned a government with senior chief Kamal Nath on the helm. However, his dispensation collapsed in March 2020 after MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia revolted, paving the best way for BJP’s Chouhan to return because the chief minister.
