In A First, Madhya Pradesh Funds Senior Citizens' Pilgrimage Air Travel
NDTV
Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are scheduled to be held later this year and the ruling BJP government is attempting to sway different sections of citizens.
Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to provide the air travel facility to senior citizens for pilgrimage, as 32 people flew from Bhopal to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh today.
The 32 senior citizens are travelling under the state's Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana, which was flagged off by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at Bhopal's Raja Bhoj Airport today morning.
The group comprises of 24 men and eight women.
Under the first phase of the air travel facility, senior citizens from MP will travel by air in different batches till July this year from various airports of the state.
