Row Over Madhya Pradesh Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia's Message To Voters | Read

Senior BJP leader Yashodhara Raje Scindia has landed in a controversy after she was heard telling voters in Madhya Pradesh "if you vote for panja (hand), you will not get benefits of government schemes". She was campaigning for the BJP candidate in Shivpuri district's Kolaras for the upcoming bypolls necessitated after the death of Congress lawmaker Ram Singh Yadav. In a video clip, the Sports and Youth Welfare minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet is heard saying "the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was introduced by the BJP. And if the voters choose panja (hand, Congress's election symbol) over kamal (lotus, BJP's election symbol), they will not benefit from the scheme".