jabalpur carried away by the general air of suppressed excitement surging crowds and the presence of chief minister shivraj singh chouhan at the launch of atal jyoti abhiyan here state energy minister rajendra shukla went to the extent of comparing the chouhan with the former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee shukla declared atal ji ensured construction of roads in more than 3 lakh villages which lay forgotten for past 55 years and after him come shivraj singh chouhan who has taken a sankalp pledge to provide 24 hours power to the villagers shivrajs pet project expected to cover the entire state before the poll bugle sounds was kick started amid much fanfare on sunday from jabalpur and even as the opposition tittered at impossibility of the task his cabinet colleagues used superlatives to describe the achievements during chouhan rein forest minister ajay vishnoi felt like dancing man nachne ka hota hai jhumane ka hjota hai at the cms bounty to jabalpur cleverly playing with words he extolled determination and grit of the cm shivraj ka iraada atal tha wo atal jyoti laye the 24 power supply the minister feels will change the scene for ever now summers neednt bother you all he said scanning the crowd of mostly lower middle class you can switch on fans coolers and acs recalling the troubled days during the tenure of one congress chief minister during which he was forced to protest before the mpeb office at 2 am in the night speaker of mp assembly ishwardas rohani said the cms endeavors and achievements hold a mirror to the congress party congressmen need to look within themselves and see the difference with 24 hour power supply available and magnificent roads constructed during the bjp rule no villager rohani declared will be tempted to migrate to cities the cm clearly in a poll mode recalled how everyone had thought he had lost his mental balance when he first mooted the idea the threephase 24hoursupply to the non agriculture consumer and 8 hour supply to agriculture consumer he said would ensure that farmers can irrigate their fields and come back home in the evening switch on the fan and watch the television programmes in peace chouhan briefly catalogued all the welfare schemes and project undertaken during his government for welfare of students girls farmers women and elderly uninterrupted power supply would mean self employment for village youth instead of running after the government jobs they can set up their own small business students would be able to study better calling himself sapano ka saudagar chouhan said that he has always dreamt big and his biggest dream now is to see mp at the top the day is not far when like china mp goods will flood the market and i will make it happen he promised