About half-a-dozen Chhattisgarh Ministers and office–bearers of the State BJP have been assigned responsibilities for campaigning in poll-bound Maharashtra.
A meeting has been convened in this regard in Nagpur on Friday, party sources informed.Sources said that initially the Chhattisgarh Ministers and office-bearers were assigned responsibilities for campaigning in about a dozen constituencies. But with a split in BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra, the responsibilities of the Chhattisgarh leaders have been increased to 16 constituencies.
State Ministers including Brijmohan Agrawal, Prem Prakash Pandey, Ajay Chandrakar, Rajesh Munat and Kedar Kashyap have reached Nagpur.Minister Amar Agrawal is already in Nagpur for the engagement ceremony of his son. These Ministers will participate in the engagement ceremony as well as the party’s meeting, sources said.
BJP National Secretary Ramvichar Netam, former Minister Hemchand Yadav and senior office-bearers of Chhattisgarh BJP will also participate in the meeting.
Sources said that Chief Minister Raman Singh too is expected to go Nagpur for poll campaigning. Senior BJP leaders of Maharashtra will participate in the meeting. Discussions in detail will be held regarding scenario in the constituencies assigned to Chhattisgarh leaders for election campaign. Since a good number of people from Chhattisgarh live in Nagpur and other parts of Vidarbha region, the responsibility of election campaign for these constituencies has been given to the leaders of Chhattisgarh. Party’s National Joint General Secretary (Organisation) Saudan Singh had discussed with State BJP Chief Dharamlal Kaushik and issued instruction in this regard, sources said.
It is pertinent to mention that Brijmohan Agrawal has already been participating in the election campaign in different constituencies of Maharashtra.