Veteran Congress leader Laxmi Narayan Tiwary is all set to embark on his Jan Sampark Yatra. 

The Jan Sampark Yatra is to begin on July 7, said the Congress leader. It will be in the whole of the Daltonganj assembly constituency. 

At his press conference today at his residence in Hamidganj locality Laxmi Narayan Tiwary said "I will visit each and every house here in this Daltonganj assembly constituency. I will be spending time in Bhandarya and Bagdad blocks which are in Garhwa district but fall in the Daltonganj assembly constituency."

Asked if he is angling for the coming vidhan sabha election he said "I am a committed and dedicated Congress worker. My Jan Sampark Yatra will be to connect people with our leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Rajesh Thakur and the policies of the Congress party."

He said "It is upto the high command to decide about my contesting the vidhan sabha election. I will go by the decision of the party."

He said "If the party asks me to contest from the Daltonganj assembly constituency I am here to fight with heart and soul."

Again asked as to why he being one of the state secretaries of the Congress party here he just selected Daltonganj assembly constituency for his Jan Sampark Yatra to which Laxmi Narayan Tiwary said "It is my birth place and work place."

The district Congress president Jaish Ranjan Pathak alias Bittu Pathak was conspicuous for his absence at the press conference of Tiwary. 

On his absence Tiwary said "Bittu Pathak has gone to Patna on a family visit. And so he couldn't join me today."

Again pestered if all is politically well and good between him and Bittu Pathak, the veteran Tiwary said "Absolutely fine. It is all very well."

Daltonganj assembly constituency is in the limelight now. It's popular face and versatile Congress leader K N Tripathy lost it twice to the BJP once in 2014 and the other in 2019. Tripathy again lost his Chatra lok sabha battle in 2024. 

Three political defeats may find K N Tripathy in a tight situation politically as the Congress will be too determined to wrest this Daltonganj assembly constituency from the BJP by fielding a winnable candidate. 

Out of the 5 Assembly constituencies here, the BJP has under its command 4 assembly constituencies. The Congress will try to dent the political fort of the BJP here in Palamu. 

Laxmi Narayan Tiwary may emerge as a strong contender here in the vidhan sabha election from the Daltonganj assembly constituency.