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Prabhat defends Chouhan for sons of soil comments

Sat, Nov 7 11:47 PM

Bhopal, Nov 7 (PTI) BJP National Secretary and Rajya Sabha Member Prabhat Jha today came out in defence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, saying his statement about jobs for sons of soil was being distorted by Opposition parties. It was totally wrong to dub Chouhan as a leader who would make statements that are usually associated with MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Prabhat told PTI. The BJP MP said both in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh there was no scope for divisions on the basis of language, caste or religion and there was no way in which separatism can be allowed to flourish there.

Prabhat said he was the best example of no separatist feelings in the BJP as he was born in Bihar but a Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh. There were many other BJP leaders who were not born in Madhya Pradesh but were working for long in the state, he said.

Chouhan while addressing a function at Satna on Thursday had said locals and not people from Bihar must be given preference for jobs in industries being set up in the state. The statement drew criticism from Congress which termed it "unconstitutional".

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