Katni (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 16 (ANI): Union Minister Prahlad Patel on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the work culture and every Rupee sent reached directly to the people. It was a huge political change and they would fight the elections on it.

Speaking to ANI, Patel said,"BJP is a party that has the moral courage to go in front of the people every five years. We are able to face the people every five years. BJP has collective leadership. Five Jan Ashirwad Yatras have been taken out in the state and to speed up these yatras, every leader of the party is involved init. There can be no greater example of collective leadership than this."PM Modi has the reputation that he completes every task he begins. Be it Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Toilet construction under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, gas connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and now Jal Jeevan Mission, he added.

"Development will be our model. I would like to say in one line that the former Prime Minister of Congress used to say that they send Rs 1 and 15 paise used to reach the people. But the PM has changed the work culture and every Rupee sent reaches directly to the people. This is a huge political change and we will fight elections on this," the union minister said.

Madhya Pradesh is among the five states where assembly elections are to be held later this year to elect 230 members of the state.

In the 2018 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Congress emerged as the single largest party with 114 seats and BJP got 109 seats.

Nonetheless, in 2020, the Congress government lost the majority followed by the resignations of some MLAs. After this, the BJP formed the government in the state and Shivraj Singh Chouhan was reinstated as the Chief Minister. (ANI)