India, Dec. 2 -- The Madhya Pradesh government has dissolved nine boards for the welfare of different castes formed before the 2023 assembly elections, the state government told the assembly on Monday.

State minister Gautam Tetwal said the boards were dissolved in September as they were constituted only for two years. He was replying to Opposition Congress lawmaker Pratap Gerewal's question on the boards.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the then chief minister, announced the creation of the welfare boards to improve the lives of communities such as Vishwakarma, Rajak, Telghani, Kush, Rajputs, Meena, etc, in the run up to the 2023 assembly election.

The boards were mandated to provide skill development, entrepreneurship training, employment, and...