The FM said that he had been coming to Madhya Pradesh for many years but his involvement with the state deepened after he was appointed election incharge ahead of the 2003 polls. The FM added that Madhya Pradesh has developed on all these counts shedding the BIMARU tag in the process. "People did not want to attend the GIS and when I went abroad to solicit investment, people did not know about Madhya Pradesh. He said that since the previous GIS in 2014, investments worth Rs 2,75,000 crore have arrived in the state of which work on projects worth Rs 50,590 crore has already begun. Baba Ramdeo was also present on the occasion and promised to invest Rs 10,000 crore in MP besides also creating 10,000 jobs.

Source: India Today October 22, 2016 15:55 UTC