Gaur was summoned in the midst of a high level party meeting to discuss issues relating to forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

After a 45-minute interaction with Ram Lal, Gaur declared that he had no grudges against the party and would remain with the BJP all his life. "I met Ram Lalji and had a discussion for almost 45 minutes with him at the party office. I have no complaints against any leader or the party whatsoever. I will remain with the BJP and would not join any other party,” Gaur told reporters.

A day after disclosing the Congress offer, the BJP veteran had attacked the party leadership saying it ignored senior leaders, which led to its defeat in the assembly elections. The BJP veteran was also in the limelight for inviting Congress leaders to his official residence.

In order to display the change in his attitude he wrote a letter to chief minister Kamal Nath protesting against the irregularities in the farm loan wavier scheme.

Alarmed by an adverse feedback report on more than a dozen sitting MPs, the BJP in Madhya Pradesh has decided to highlight reservation for upper castes and Ram Janmabhoomi temple issue in order to retain the 27 seats it won in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The meeting on Wednesday decided to publicise decisions taken by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and welfare programmes launched for the poor and marginalised classes. General Secretary Ram Lal and Anil Jain discussed their agenda with the state office bearers and cadres and claimed that they will retain all the 27 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

“We will retain all the seats in MP for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. As far as the Ram temple issue is concerned, it’s a matter of faith for the BJP and we would raise the demand for allotment of the undisputed land at the holy site”, Jain told reporters after the meeting.

The meeting was also marked by sharp exchanges between Gopal Bhargava, leader of opposition, and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Bhargava in his speech said that the defeat of the party in the assembly polls had put party workers into depression. Bhargava said if the political campaign for Lok Sabha polls was carried out effectively then the party would win.

On the other hand, Chouhan refuted the statement of Bhargava saying that the party workers were excited and ready to avenge the defeat in the assembly polls. Chouhan said people were sure that the BJP would form its government and they intentionally gave vote to other party candidate at many places believing that it would not matter. Chouhan said such people are repenting their act.

With a view to bettering the Congress position in the coming Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Kamal Nath announced several populist schemes. Talking to media after completion of one month in office, Kamal Nath announced schemes for youth, farmers and industrialists. About jobs for youth he referred to the employment scheme for rural youth – Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Scheme – but said there was nothing for the urban youth. He announced a new scheme for the urban youth entitled Yuva Swabhiman Rozgar Yojana under which 100 days of job, including a component of training is assured. The chief minister said the scheme would be launched on February 25.

About industrialisation he said there was need to have investment incentives that are specific to an industry or location. For instance, investment on nano technology would require a different type of incentive, and a different one for real estate. "Incentive must be tailor made to investment and it has to be linked with jobs. If someone says that he will invest Rs. 1,000 crore but give jobs to 100-200 people, it would be less attractive than someone who says he is going to employ 1,000-2,000 people. So, incentives are to be linked with employment and that is the kind of incentive I am looking at,” Kamal Nath pointed out.

He said he had been working on the farm loan waiver for the last six months. "You see, 80% of loans are from nationalised banks while 20% are from cooperative banks. For the cooperative loans, we will inject capital. As far as nationalised banks are concerned, if the banks can write off loans given to industrialists they should also be writing off 50% loans of farmers; the state government will take care of the remaining 50%,” the chief minister disclosed. (IPA Service)