"Personal Branding": Congress Slams Madhya Pradesh's Plan To Print PM's Picture On Ration Bags

The state government is organising "Ann Utsav" on August 7, which will be virtually addressed by PM Modi.

The Madhya Pradesh government's plan to distribute ration in bags bearing the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from the next month has not gone down well with the opposition Congress, which on Tuesday dubbed the move a "personal branding" of BJP leaders at the cost of real beneficiaries. The state government is organising "Ann Utsav" on August 7, which will be virtually addressed by PM Modi. A public relations department official has said that the ration will be distributed in bags to 100 beneficiaries each at 25,435 PDS (Public Distribution System) shops in Madhya Pradesh on August 7 during the upcoming "Ann Utsav,". Justifying the move to print pictures of the prime minister and the CM on the ration bags, MP's Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bisahulal Singh told reporters that ration stock for two months is being provided free by the Centre and for three months by the state government to the eligible families.