Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh has declared to distribute total of 50 Lakhs smartphones to the youths and women. This was announced in the ‘Mobile Tihar’ programme held in Raipur under the communications Revolution scheme. He believes this will provide accessibility to the modern means of communication ‘internet’ to the youth of Chhattisgarh. He also tweeted this from his twitter handle which was welcomed with both appreciation as well as sarcasm.
आज संचार क्रान्ति योजना के अंतर्गत रायपुर में आयोजित ‘मोबाइल तिहार’ कार्यक्रम में हितग्राही युवाओं व महिलाओं को स्मार्टफोन प्रदान करूँगा। इस योजना द्वारा पूरे प्रदेश में कुल 50 लाख स्मार्टफोन वितरित किये जायेंगे। #SKYempowersCG
— Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) July 30, 2018
Three times chief minister to Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh is due to face election in December 2018. It is said that the move is mere to please the voter for the upcoming elections.
Live – इन्डोर स्टेडियम, @RaipurDist में संचार क्रान्ति योजना के अंतर्गत आयोजित मोबाइल तिहार में प्रदेश की जनता के साथ #SKYempowersCGhttps://t.co/rgLx8dmejD
— Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) July 30, 2018
People on twitter have widely criticized this gesture by demanding more essential things that was promised by the Chief Minister.
Badhia ,smartphone ki jagah sewing machine diya jata to kuchh ka rojgar milta.jai sri ram
— Jitendra Tiwari (@JitendrTwariRSS) July 30, 2018
मोबाइल तो दे रहे हो साहब रोजगार कब दोगे
हमे मोबाइल नही,रोजगार चाहिये— Dev Baghel (@DevBagh71016795) July 30, 2018
People raged on twitter over the issues majorly related to employment, timely wages, development and education in the state. There have been agitations by teachers, students and others in recent past to fulfill their demands of appointing teachers for schools and colleges.
