'Jassi' in Bhopal on IW Day

Bhopal, Mar 8 (UNI) Actress Mona Singh, of 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin' teleseries fame, today lavished praise on the Madhya Pradesh government's welfare schemes for the fairer sex, particularly the Ladli Lakshmi Scheme to be lauched next month for girls.

Mona flagged off a female students' rally in this City of Lakes on the occasion of International Women's Day.

In a brief address, the actress issued a clarion call to female students to ''advance in every sector.'' Later, state Woman and Child Development Minister Kusum Singh Mehdele and Mona accompanied the rally in a jeep. The rallyists reached Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence where a cultural programme was witnessed by the Chouhan couple and senior bureaucrats.

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