Cong dharna against govt in nine districts today

Raipur, March 24, 2012

Congress will stage massive dharna against government in nine districts on Sunday. Protesting recent police action against tribals, controversies prevailed in PSC, PMT paper leak case, proposed power tariff hike, government’s reluctance to disburse Rs 270 paddy bonus and free electricity up to 5 HP pumps for irrigation to the farmers, the Congress will stage dharna programmes in Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh, Ambikapur, Janjgir-Champa, Mahasamund and Korba.

The AICC secretary and state unit incharge secretary Bhakt Charandas will arrive from New Delhi on Sunday morning to participate party’s dharna at Raipur. Senior party leader Ajit Jogi, Dhanendra Sahu, RMC mayor Kiranmayi Nayak and MLAs - Kuldeep Juneja, Rudra Kumar Guru and Chaitram Sahu will accompany Charandas at Raipur dharna.

The dharna at Bilaspur will be led by PCC president Nandkumar Patel and would be attended by legislators – Dr Renu Jogi, Dharmjeet Singh and Bilaspur Municipal Corporation mayor Vani Rao.

The dharna at Durg will be led by CLP leader Ravindra Choubey and would be attended by legislators – Pratima Chandrakar, Bhajan Singh Nirankari, Tamradhwaj Sahu, Badruddin Quraishi and Bhilai Municipal Corporation mayor Nirmala Yadav.

The dharna at Rajnandgaon will be attended by MLAs – Mohammad Akbar, Bholaram Sahu, Shivraj Singh Usare, Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation mayor Naresh Dakalia, Uday Mudliyar, Dhanesh Patila and Satyanarayan Sharma.

The dharna at Raigarh will be attended by MLAs Dr Shakrajeet Nayak and Hriday Ram Rathiya along with Pradeep Choubey, Rampukar Singh, KK Gupta, Pushpa Devi Singh and Surendra Sharma.

The dharna at Ambikapur will be attended by MLAs – TS Singhdeo, Ramdev Ram and Amarjeet Bhagat along with Khelsai Singh and Chakradhari Singh.

The dharna at Janjgir-Champa will be attended by Parasram Bhardwaj, Ramadhar Kashyap, MLAs – Mahant Ramsundar Das and Rajkamal Singhania.

The dharna at Mahasamund will be attended by Pawan Diwan, Mahendra Bahadur Singh, MLAs – Amitesh Shukla, Haridas Bhardwaj, Paresh Bagbahra, Agni Chandrakar, Lekhram Sahu and Gurmukh Singh Hora.

The dharna at Korba will be attended by Dr Ramchandra Singhdeo, MLAs – Bodhram Kanwar and Ramdayal Uike.