BHOPAL, DEC 5: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh today asserted that his government would fulfil 90 per cent of the promises made by it before next year's Assembly elections. ``The promises that will be fulfilled include those made in the Congress manifesto for the 1993 Assembly elections and announcements made by me in the State Assembly or at public meetings,'' the Chief Minister said.Replying to a question, Singh whose government completes four years in office, dismissed as totally baseless allegations that his government believed only in making announcements without bothering about how they were being implemented. He said that there was a proper monitoring system for all the announcements made by him and added that there was no way in which any one of them could not be taken up for implementation.However, the Chief Minister said that he would not be in a position to fulfil promises which he had been forced to make during public meetings. Sometimes an mla might have asked him to announce an irrigation scheme even though funds for which had not been allocated in the budget, he added.The CM said he would take immediate steps for strengthening the implementation of his government's divers schemes. Singh said that care would also be taken to ensure that the delivery system was also improved for the benefit of the people.He said that it would be his endeavour to re-build confidence among Dalits and minorities and see to it that the people benefited from the schemes meant for them.The Chief Minister said that his government would also strengthen the public distribution system. Schemes for the welfare of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes would also be given special attention. On the political front, he said that attempts would be made to resolve differences among Congmen and make party workers ready to fight the BJP.Digvijay was also sceptical about the Legislative Council being set up in the state before next year's Assembly elections.The chief minister said that the Council, setting up of which was promised by the Congress before the November 1993 Assembly elections, could not come into being as there was no consensus for it among political parties.Singh said that there was also no agreement within the Congress for setting up the Council.
