Raipur,
April 26, 2013
The second phase of Congress parivartan yatra will conclude on
Saturday. The party will organise three public rallies on the concluding day at
Barpali (Rampur),
Akaltara and Bilaspur. Union minister of state for corporate affairs
(independent charge) Sachin Pilot will address public meeting at Bilaspur.
The second phase of the yatra commenced
on April 22 and in five days (i.e. till Friday) the party organised 15 rallies.
The party claims of receiving massive response from people as it got in the
first phase.
However,
the party continued to face embarrassing situation with factionalism surfacing
time and again. In second phase too, the Ajit Jogi faction dominated the yatra
as it entered Bilaspur district for the region being stronghold of former chief
minister.
Notably,
Jogi had completely stolen Congress show on the launching date of the yatra on
April 12 when he took a separate roadshow at Ambikapur in presence of all the
senior party leaders including AICC treasurer Motilal Vora and state Congress
incharge BK Hariprasada. Then, there was a scuffle between supporters of Jogi
and yatra coordinator TS Singhdeo at Surajpur rally in presence of AICC
spokesperson and MP Sandeep Dixit.
In
second phase too, the Jogi stalwarts spoilsport party rally at Bodri by
inviting workers for lunch as soon as state Congress president Nandkumar Patel started
his address. This happened in Jogi’s absence as he is practicing to walk with
elegs.
With
Sachin Pilot scheduled to address Bilaspur crowd the party hopes the Jogi
faction does not attempts to hijack the show again as it is habitual of doing
in presence of national leaders.
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