Clubbed with 'BIMARU' states during Cong rule, MP became 'bemisal' under BJP, says Shah

Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Congress of resorting to minority appeasement and said the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in contrast focuses on the welfare of tribals, Dalits, the poor and backward classes.

He said Madhya Pradesh was counted among ‘BIMARU’ (laggard) states, when the Congress was in power, but under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule it has become a ‘bemisal’ (unmatched) state due to fast-paced development.

Shah, a key election strategist of the BJP, expressed confidence about the saffron outfit wining more than 150 seats out of the total 230 in the year-end assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.