The Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab on Monday launched a free pilgrimage scheme in the state on the lines of the programme which has been running in Delhi since 2019.
Thirty two senior citizens from Madhya Pradesh on Sunday left from Bhopal for Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on free pilgrimage by air under a scheme of the MP government.
The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, which is on a spree of introducing sops for citizens in the poll-bound state, has now introduced air travel under the Mukhyamantri Teerthdarshan Yojana – the free pilgrimage scheme for elderly persons from economically backward sections.