Cong to take out parivartan yatra in 5 phases

Party to organise 85 public rallies in 90 assembly areas in 33 days

Yatra will start from Ambikapur on April 12 and conclude at Raipur on May 27

Raipur, April 02, 2013

After commencing its statewide door-to-door campaign - ‘har ghar Congress, ghar-ghar Congress’ on April 1, Congress will kick start its second drive of the month – the parivartan yatra from April 12 in five phases. During the yatra, the party will organise 85 public rallies in 90 assembly areas in 33 days, informed party vice president and yatra incharge TS Singhdeo while talking to scribes at Congress Bhawan on Tuesday.

The first phase of yatra will start on April 12 from Ambikapur and conclude at Dharamjaigarh on April 18. The second phase will start on April 22 from Raigarh and conclude at Bilaspur on April 27. The third phase will begin on May 2 from Beltara and conclude at Balod on May 7. The fourth phase will commence on May 11 from Rajnandgaon and conclude at Kasdol on May 16. The fifth phase will begin on May 20 from Dantewada and conclude at Raipur on May 27.

The state Congress chief Nandkumar Patel informed that the party would also establish a control room at Congress Bhawan during yatra period. The convenor and incharge of the control room will be Abdul Hameed Hayat while co-convenors will be Ajay Tripathi, Ashok Bani and Suresh Thakur. Besides, a host of media coordinators will also be appointed during yatra, Patel said.

Asked whether parivartan yatra would bring any change in state, Patel said the yatra would rather bring complete change in Chhattisgarh. “We will continuously expose BJP’s grafts and scams at regular intervals. The ruling party’s days are numbered,” he added.

Asked about the jobs assigned to party MLAs for yatra, he said the former would remain active in their respective constituencies not only during parivartan yatra but also during door-to-door campaign. 

To a question he informed that the party would try to rope in national leaders during yatra. “The yatra will start in presence of AICC treasurer Motilal Vora, Rajya Sabha MP Mohsina Kidwai, Chhattisgarh Congress incharge BK Hariprasada, party veteran Vidyacharan Shukla and senior party leaders of the state,” he said.

CLP leader Ravindra Choubey said the Congress exposed the BJP government on various issues during state assembly’s recently held budget session and would now raise all the issues again before public through the two drives.

“Last year, we had alleged that the government had appointed ineligible company owned by Sanchetis to excavate Bhatgaon II and Bhatgaon-II Extension coal blocks. The CAG report too had confirmed our allegation indicating that the government incurred massive loss. This year too the CAG report says that the government exchequer has been dented by Rs 1649 crore by benefiting Adani group that is closed linked top BJP leader,” Choubey said. 

Pointing towards recent explanation by health minister Amar Agrawal regarding his alleged involvement in Bhadoura land scam, Choubey said about 4 lakh acres of agricultural land had been reduced and Bhadoura scam was just an example that even compelled the minister to clarify. He said the Congress was not satisfied by Agrawal’s clarifications and would keep raising the issue till the guilty persons are punished.

“Graft is major issue in Raman Singh-government. The power companies waived off power bills worth Rs 30000 crore of industrialists. We will tell people about this in our two drives,” he said.