In response to the 'Vikas Yatra' (Development Journey) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress party has decided to take out ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ (Search Development Journey) from the same venue Dantewada in Chhattisgarh this year.
The Congress party's month-long ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ will start on May 13 and would end on June 13. The BJP's 'Vikas Yatra' will commence on May 12. The Congress party's month-long ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ will follow the same route as 'Vikas Yatra' of BJP.
Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) Chief Bhupesh Baghel while informing about the ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ said that an important meeting chaired by newly appointed Secretary In-charge of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Chandan Yadav had decided to take out ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ in the state.
This ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ would also be commenced from Dantewada, a day after the Vikas Yatra of BJP is started i.e. from May 13 and will end on June 13, he informed. The ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ of Congress will follow the path of BJP’s Vikas Yatra and will be taken out as a protest, Baghel said.
The leaders and activists of National Student’s Union of India (NSUI) and Youth Congress have specially been instructed to be present in the programme and to participate in the 'Vikas Khojo Yatra' actively, he informed.
Former CGPCC Chief Dhanendra Sahu, Working President of CGPCC Shiv Daharia, legislator Arun Vora, Badruddin Qureshi, Amitesh Shukla and Karuna Shukla were present in the meeting