"We are making efforts to get adjoining defece land for the expansion of Dr Ambedkar's memorial. I had also talked in this regard to the then defence minister Manohar Parrikar, who has now become Goa's chief minister, and the ministry is now being looked after by Jaitley (Finance Minister Arun Jaitley)," Chouhan said addressing a function to mark the 126th birth anniversary of the Dalit icon at his birth place here.
Chouhan said that there is no need to worry because "when the state government can bring Ambedkar's memorabilia from Mumbai and London, then it can get the additional land as well."
"Though it has nothing to do with politics, Narendra Modi was the first Prime Minister of the country who reached here to pay obeisance to Dr Ambedkar on his birth anniversary last year," Chouhan recalled.
He said that various BJP governments have worked for the conservation of the places associated with Ambedkar, the architect of Constitution.
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On the occasion, Chouhan informed that the state government is launching 'Gramodaya Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan' in all 23,000 village panchayats in Madhya Pradesh from today, to mark the birth anniversary of Ambedkar.
During this campaign, the public representatives and officials would visit villages to prepare developmental schemes. The campaign would continue till May 31.
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