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In a video addressing the youth in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday, 18 August, said, "From today onwards the youth of Madhya Pradesh will have a right to the resources of the state before anyone else."
Chouhan said that a law will be brought in to make sure that government jobs in the state will be reserved for the people belonging to the state.
According to NDTV, Chouhan had on the occasion of Independence Day already said that the youth of MP will get preference in government jobs.
He also said that a mechanism would be brought in to ensure employment to local youth on the basis of their Class 10 and 12 marksheets.
Reacting to Chouhan's promises, former Chief Minister Kamal Nath took to Twitter to point out that in his 15-month-long government in Madhya Padesh, he brought in many provisions to ensure that the youth of the state recieved employment on priority.
Asking Chouhan what had his government done for 15 years when they were in power, before the Congress won in Madhya Pradesh, Nath said:
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