Some former leaders of the BJP surrounded the Chief Minister, Raman Singh, who was on a tour, at his local residence. When he reached out to meet the public representatives came from outside, on Tuesday, and narrated about their woes to him.
The former party leaders including one ex-member of Parliament and a former president of the party’s city unit and others told the Chief Minister that they did not get opportunity to meet him politically. Though they have termed the meeting formal, but did not fail to inform the Chief Minister about the neglect they met from the party organisation. The Chief Minister gave a patient hearing to their problems, but did not express any reaction.
Politically several BJP leaders of the district were keeping a distance from the party organisation and as they were not getting due importance many senior leaders felt that they were being neglected by the party. Even though nobody has expressed their protest publicly, but today a large number of party leaders have complained to the Chief Minister about their political neglect.
Before leaving for Khursipar of Dongargarh, Raman Singh, at a brief meeting said that he was meeting the people of his
constituency freely. He said, with his visit the villagers were seem to be enthusiastic and development work in the area were also going on rapidly.
While greeting the people of Chhattisgarh on the eve of Holi, the Chief Minister appealed them to celebrate the festival of colours in a cordial atmosphere and mutual harmony. The Chief Minister was in a relieved mood at his local residence, after touring half a dozen villages of his constituency on Monday midnight.
Earlier, he met with the delegations of different communities, political leaders and Government officers of the district. The Chief Minister has made partial change in his tour programme. Earlier he was scheduled to go Kawardha directly, but now he would return to Raipur first and then along with his family he will leave for Kawardha.
Those who met the Chief Minister in the morning include MP Madhusudan Yadav, Organisation secretaries Komal Singh Rajput and Bharat Verma, president of Rajgami Sampada Santosh Agrawal, senior BJP leader Ashok Choudhary, Rajesh Shyamkar, Pawan Meshram, BJYM district president Sourabh Kothari, Ramesh Patel, former mayor Sharad Verma, Devsharan Sen, Radheyshyam Gupta and others.