First phase of kalash yatra to begin from Nandeli on July 4

N Second phase to start from Rajim on 7^th and third from Dongargarh on 9^th

Raipur, June 26, 2013

Congress will start first phase of its kalash yatra from Nandeli - the home place of late PCC president Nandkumar Patel, on July 4. The second and third phase of the yatra will be taken out from Rajim and Dongargarh on July 7 and 9 respectively. The date of yatra’s fourth phase, to be taken out from Dantewada, will be decided in coming days. 

The party had already announced that it would take out kalash yatra in memory of all those who got killed during naxal attack on May 25, 2013. To take out the yatra, the party has fixed four places – Nandeli, Rajiv Locha temple at Rajim – the workplace of veteran leader Vidya Charan Shukla, Ma Bamleshwari temple at Dongargarh – the home place of former party MLA Uday Mudliyar and Danteshwari temple at Dantewada – the home district of senior tribal leader Mahendra Karma. 

The kalash yatra will reach all 90 assembly constituencies of the state. Terming yatra as non-political tour the party says it wanted to provide opportunity to the people of the state to pay tribute to all the deceased when the yatra would reach their respective areas. 

The party will soon fix date to restart its parivartan yatra too. According to information, the yatra could restart from second fortnight of August 2013.