The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aggressively making plans to make the oath taking ceremony of Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Police Parade Ground on Thursday a memorable one in the city for record third time.
The leaders and workers of the BJP’s Raipur district unit are meeting on Wednesday at the State Party headquarters to plan out the arrangements needed for the grand ceremony which would include the attendance of BJP’s national level leaders such as former Deputy Prime Minister lK Advani and leader of Opposition in the lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj besides other prominent members of the party’s National Working Committee.
The meeting of Raipur district unit leaders and workers at the party’s State headquarters on Wednesday would take up the task of assigning specific duties to the leaders and workers at the venue who would be working round-the-clock to put up one of the most memorable oath-taking ceremony of the Chief Minister in Chhattisgarh.
All the 49 newly elected MlAs of the party along with the workers from their respective regions had been asked to gather in Raipur city on December 12 for registering their attendance at Singh’s oath taking ceremony, party sources here stated.
A large number of invitations are already being sent by the party leaders for the oath taking ceremony which would include a galaxy of prominent persons from all walks of life including several dignitaries from outside Chhattisgarh. The florists are having a busy time in the city due to extravagant floral arrangements like innumerable garlands and bouquets for the leaders and the dignitaries as ordered by the party workers.
The arrangements would be inspected a day before the ceremony by the senior party leaders, sources stated. The party is expecting a record gathering of party’s supporters and the general public for the oath taking ceremony of the Chief Minister in the city for third time.