MP roads better than US, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan; Twitterati shows why he is ‘right’

“When I got down at the Washington Airport and travelled on the road, I felt the roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than the United States… I am saying this not just for the sake of saying,” Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan also said that his government has in fact connected villages in the state by constructing 1.75 lakh kilometres of roads.(Source: File Photo)

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that roads in Madhya Pradesh were better than those in the United States. During a seminar organised by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington DC, the CM further said that his government had, in fact, connected villages in the state by constructing 1.75 lakh kilometres of roads. His statement, however, has generated a buzz on the Internet. Using the hashtag #MProads, people on Twitter are posting pictures of potholed roads of the state.

“When I got down at the Washington Airport and travelled on the road, I felt the roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than the United States… I am saying this not just for the sake of saying,” Chouhan told a business roundtable organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in the US. Amused Twitter users were quick to take to social media and remind the minister about the potholes on the roads closer home. And they did this with the quintessential tongue-in-cheek humour that Twitter is known for.

Check out some of the reactions here.

This is a picture of Washington. Such a poor condition of roads there. They should get inspired from #MPRoads pic.twitter.com/WwbpNF41Lu

— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) October 24, 2017

Indore-Bhopal underground Highway. #MPRoads pic.twitter.com/ULP5FkpiG7

— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) October 24, 2017

Trump being carried by policemen after Hurricane Irma washed away the road. #MPRoads pic.twitter.com/YX4qnXNBFi

— The Darker Knight (@melwynm) October 24, 2017

Pic1 : Washington road
Pic2 : #MProads pic.twitter.com/NZ6dZCyhGd

— Rofl Gujarati (@RoflGujarati_) October 24, 2017

This is the actual pic during Shivraj Chauhan visit to Niagara falls in US. #MPRoads pic.twitter.com/sEvyfugA1m

— Fazlur ?? (@fazlurism) October 24, 2017

I don’t where this road is, but it’s so beautifully made it must be somewhere in MP #MPRoads pic.twitter.com/C79SOGVwrI

— Swami (@mohitraj) October 24, 2017

unesco has declared this flyover in palasia, indore as the best flyover in the world. proud of #MPRoads pic.twitter.com/KPklu1bEWU

— ?_? (@floydimus) October 24, 2017

Underwater Tunnel for gwalior {M.P}
??????#MPRoads pic.twitter.com/mgVXObCzRd

— james™ (????????) (@deniel_007) October 24, 2017

Such a poor condition of roads in Washington, I can’t even ride an auto. They should get inspired from #MPRoads pic.twitter.com/XHmZwTD6jI

— Autowaala (@Autowaala) October 24, 2017

The 38 KM long bridge made on Kahn River (passing through Indore) to speed up the commercial goods transportation#MPRoads pic.twitter.com/wyweIW1ii6

— Mukesh Mittal (@hallagullaboy) October 24, 2017