Overview
- A video from a Ratlam meeting shows Vijay Shah telling officials that beneficiaries who attend a planned felicitation for the chief minister would get an extra ₹250 and that non-attendees could face investigations or have verification kept pending.
- State Congress leaders, including Jitu Patwari and Kamal Nath, accused the government of insulting women and demanded Shah’s dismissal.
- On December 16, the District Women Congress protested in Ratlam and submitted a memorandum to the Governor seeking action over the alleged coercion.
- Shah told PTI that his comments were twisted and said the discussion was about weeding out ineligible recipients of the scheme.
- The Ladli Behna Yojana pays about ₹1,500 a month to over 1.26 crore women, with roughly 2.5 lakh beneficiaries in Ratlam, and no disciplinary action against Shah has been announced as a prior SIT probe over his earlier remarks remains pending.