<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said necessary legal provisions will be made to provide government jobs to local people. He also said resources of the state are meant for residents of the state.<br />'' </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In his Independence Day speech, the Chief Minister had said that preference would be given to locals in government jobs. He had also said that the government will devise a mechanism to ensure employment to youths on the basis of their mark sheets of classes 10th and 12th. Earlier, the previous Kamal Nath-led Congress government had also announced to reserve 70 percent of jobs in industrial units for locals.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />''