Under the banner of the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav visited the Sarthak Seva Vriddhjan Ashram in Harda on Friday, 9 October 2026, spending time with elderly residents, presenting them with gifts, and receiving their blessings — a quiet but deliberate act of outreach at the grassroots level of state governance.

Posting in Hindi, the Chief Minister wrote: 'Sewa Mera Yogdan' — 'Service is My Contribution' — the programme under which the visit was conducted. He noted that he personally inquired about the well-being (kushalkkshem) of the ashram's residents, honoured them with gifts, and observed an exhibition of the various activities organised at the facility.

Union Minister of State Joins the Visit at Harda

The occasion was also attended by Union Minister of State Shri D.D. Uikey, lending a central-government dimension to what might otherwise be read as a purely state-level outreach. The joint presence signals coordination between the state and Centre on social welfare visibility during the campaign period.

What the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan Stands For

The #SevaSankalpAbhiyan is a structured public-service campaign running under the Madhya Pradesh government, designed to take elected representatives and public figures directly to communities — including elderly-care homes, tribal villages, and urban poor colonies — as a form of participatory, on-ground governance. The 'Sewa Mera Yogdan' strand specifically frames service as a personal contribution rather than a top-down entitlement, placing the emphasis on the dignified acknowledgement of citizens rather than welfare optics.

Visits to elderly homes carry a particular resonance in Indian public life, where the care of senior citizens is simultaneously a social concern and a cultural value. For a sitting Chief Minister to personally seek the blessings of elderly residents — rather than a ribbon-cutting — is a deliberate register choice in political communication.

Harda's Place in MP's Welfare Outreach Map

Harda, a smaller district in central Madhya Pradesh, is not typically the centrepiece of high-profile political visits — making the choice of venue notable. Extending the Seva Sankalp campaign to a district like Harda reinforces the stated aim of reaching beyond urban centres and state-capital optics to communities that rarely see ministerial-level attention.

For CM Yadav, who has consistently pitched a governance style built on direct citizen connect since taking office in December 2023, events like today's are part of a steady, cumulative narrative — one visit at a time, one blessing at a time.