This is what Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav said to a content creator at the Bundeli Samagam held at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal on Sunday. “You don’t know, Ladli Behna has turned out to be very expensive. How would I know that becoming chief minister would hit me so hard?
How would I know that becoming Chief Minister would hit me so hard? The 12-year-old was referring to various schemes, including Ladli Behna, for women in the state. The journey started with ₹ 1000. The Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna scheme was announced on January 28, 2023, by the then Shivraj Singh Chouhan government and formally launched on March 5, 2023.
In a light-hearted tone, the CM said, “Binnu, this is a very inside matter. But we said, there will be no trouble for our sisters.
Now the state government is unwilling to add new names to the beneficiary list, which shows they are running it half-heartedly. The amount has now increased to ₹ 1,500 per month. In the 40th instalment released in September 2026, the state government transferred ₹ 1,835.09 crore to the accounts of 12.5 million women.
Reacting to it, Congress spokesperson KK Mishra said, “Does the BJP -led state government introduce schemes without analysing systemic challenges?
