MP CM Kamal Nath has met Home-Minister Amit Shah and asked him to release over Rs.800-crore as central grant to check crime against women and children in his state-more-effectively. Some other-issues related to the state were discussed during the Sunday-meeting, officials said. Mr Nath, who took over as the CM in December, has also written a letter to the Home Minister in this regard.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday. The Prime Minister's Office posted a photograph of the two on its Twitter handle. A senior Congress leader, Mr Nath was sworn in as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in December 2018.

The Congress-led Madhya Pradesh government on Monday moved a key proposal to woo the OBC communities of the state days after the party suffered a devastating blow in the Lok Sabha polls. A resolution was passed by the Madhya Pradesh cabinet to increase the reservation quota for Other Backward Classes from the existing 14 per cent to 27 per cent in the state.