During the last leg of campaigning in Bhopal, Congress candidate on Friday afternoon visited Sarvadharam Colony on Kolar and other localities of Bhopal.
Singh addressed his last public meeting before the campaigning came to an end at 5pm. After meeting a handful of shopkeepers and making brief vote appeal, Singh reached the stage. Amid chanting of mantras by priests, the party leaders, the Congress candidate was greeted with flowers.
While addressing the public, Singh appealed the gathering to vote for him on May 12. He told the supporters to end eight time winning streak of BJP from Bhopal and promised that from wherever he contests, he maintains family relations with locals.
Within few minutes, Singh left the venue for another and reached the nearby bigger tent where he addressed the last public meeting of this poll. As he spoke after almost half a dozen leaders, he started with asking he party cadre to remain vigilant for next two days and get the mock poll done cautiously on EVMs. Alleging that BJP would distribute money and liquor but exuded confidence that his supporters might be poor but weren’t dishonest. He asked the party cadre to act like a farmer for two nights and remained alert as farmer guard his ready crop.
Without speaking a word on BJP’s Pragya Thakur, Singh turned to civic issues in suburb Kolar, claiming the region is grappling with issues such as potable water, transportation, sewage and others. “Be with me for two more days and I promise you, Digvijay Singh would serve you for next five years,” he added.
He assured the public to end the hooliganism of local BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma and added MLA’s misdemeanours in government land encroachment would be exposed. Warning goon elements of the BJP, the Congress veteran claimed, “Whatever happened in Mamaji’s (Shivraj) rule is gone, these things won’t be allowed in Nanaji’s (himself) rule.”
He concluded with chants of Bharat Mata ki Jai and left the venue as more such welcome kiosks awaited him on way back as almost an hour was left for campaigning.
Earlier, Singh also visited temples situated in his campaign route and braving the blistering heat, also walked on foot during the campaigning. Besides, he called on a Jain saint Vishuddha Sagar in Mandakini Colony.