A case has been registered against Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress president Mitendra Darshan Singh for a parody song ‘Ab Roye Ladli Behna’, that “made fun” of the ‘Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana’ programme. The song is a parody of the theme song ‘Ab Jiyo Ladli Behna’ of ‘Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana’ when Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the CM. Under the Ladli Behna programme, eligible women across MP get monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,250.
Singh has been accused of “targeting” Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. The case was lodged on a complaint by Nimesh Pathak, city unit convenor of the BJP’s legal cell, PTI reported.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Dandotia said a detailed investigation is underway and further steps will be taken.
“Singh, (MP) president of Youth Congress, posted on his X account a misleading video against Chief Minister Mohan Yadav mocking the state’s most popular Ladli Behna scheme,” Pathak said in his complaint.
He alleged that a video of the parody song has been circulated as part of a “conspiracy to defame Madhya Pradesh at the national level”. The complainant further alleged that the song uses objectionable words against CM Yadav besides falsely claiming that women are unsafe in MP.
Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson Vivek Tripathi criticised the BJP over the FIR and alleged “an attempt was being made to suppress the voice of the opposition by filing false cases.”
“The then chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced several times before the last assembly elections held in November 2023 that the monthly assistance given to women under the Ladli Behna scheme would be increased to Rs 3,000, but the BJP has not kept this promise yet,” Tripathi said.
