Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that he could not visit his mother to seek her blessings on his birthday, but she will be happy to see that thousands of mothers have gathered to bless him on the day.
The Prime Minister made the remarks while addressing the gathering of over one lakh women associated with self-help groups (SHGs) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district.
Prime Minister Modi on his 72nd birthday visited to Madhya Pradesh where he released eight African cheetahs into an enclosure at Kuno National Park. Following this, he graced a women’s SHGs conference being organized in the Sheopur district.
“I would have gone to my mother to seek her blessings on my birthday if today’s programs weren’t organized here. But, thousands of mothers have come to bless me here and after seeing all this, my mother would be very happy that I am getting blessings of thousands of mothers here,” Prime Minister Modi said.
He was welcomed with great enthusiasm by artists who performed tribal dance and other cultural programs organized by the state government. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister recounted several women beneficiary schemes for women under his government.
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On the occasion, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who is a prominent political face from the Gwalior-Chambal region, said that around 60 percent area of the Sheopur district has a dense forest zone. “Sheopur is a very small district, however, it is filled with natural resources. There are several ancient temples of Lord Shiva and that is why this area was named Sheopur.”
Notably, Sheopur has two assembly seats – Sheopur and Vijaypur, and the BJP and Congress each have one MLA. However, the fact that Sheopur, which is the part of Gwalior-Chambal region, is also considered the most remote area in the state and has the highest malnutrition cases in the state.
The women SHGs participating in the conference were those who run several initiatives being promoted under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
DAY-NRLM aims at mobilizing rural poor households into SHGs in a phased manner and providing them with long-term support to diversify their livelihoods and improve their incomes and quality of life.
On the day, the Prime Minister also inaugurated four Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) skilling centers under PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
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