JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has recommended that the state's Mukhya Mantri Gramin BPL Awas Yojana be extended across the country to grant the citizens a "right to shelter".

Gehlot made the suggestion to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, considering the scheme's popularity among Rajasthan's weaker sections. Gehlot earlier put forward the idea at a meeting of the western states' chief ministers with the planning commission in Mumbai. The scheme aims to fulfill the dream of people living below the poverty line (BPL) to own a house.