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Adopt poor children to win votes: MP governor Adandiben's expert tip to BJP

In a video that created controversy, Anandiben Patel was seen telling officers around her that they might not need any political incentives to work for children, but she surely did need them

Anandiben Patel, madhya pradesh governor
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BS Web Team New Delhi
Madhya Pradesh Governor Adandiben Patel found herself in the middle of a controversy on Saturday,, thanks to an expert advice that she chose to give Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. “You will get votes only when you adopt needy and malnourished children”, Patel was seen as telling BJP leaders in an undated video, purportedly in an instruction on how they could garner votes and win elections. According to media reports, ahead of President Ram Nath Kovind’s two-day visit to poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the state governor, on her trip to Chitrakoot in Satna district, addressed the BJP leaders and asked them to

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