The Jantantra Morcha of social activist Anna Hazare and Trinamool Congress (TMC) would contest the general elections from all the five parliamentary seats of Uttarakhand. As a first show of strength in the State capital, Hazare, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and film star turned politician Mithun Chakraborty would address a rally on March 13 at Parade Ground.
The Jantantra Morcha activists from all parts of the State met at the town hall here on Monday and made plans to make the proposed rally a success. The national convener of Jantantra Morcha Vinod Singh told the media persons that 75 activists of the Jantantra Morcha participated in the meeting. launching a scathing attack on Congress and BJP, Singh said that both these parties are in pockets of big industrialists, the influence of these industrialists in clearly reflected in the crores of rupees which these parties are spending on their rallies.
He said that Anna declared support to Mamata Banerjee as she is simplicity personified.
Singh said that the Anna has prepared a 17 point economic agenda for the country which is village centric. Answering a query Singh said that any talk of Anna supporting Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party is baseless and is a closed chapter now. He said that Anna would campaign for candidates of TMC in the country and the combination would get very good response from the electorate in the general elections.
The state convener of the Morcha Bhopal Singh Chowdhary said that the activists are enthusiastic about the rally and they are eager to make it a success.