Glowing tributes were paid to late MP Dilip Singh Judeo by the workers andleaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the State party headquarters here on Thursday.
Speaking at thecondolence meeting held at the State BJP headquarters for the late MP, Senior BJP leader and Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that Judeo worked for strengthening the party’s base in Chhattisgarh while also launching a campaign against religious conversion.
He said that the late MP was immensely popular and mingled easily with the general public which was liked by the people of Chhattisgarh.
Senior BJP leader Sachchidanand Upasane said that the late MP completed his journey from being a Corporator to becoming an MP. He said that Judeo was very easy by nature and despite belonging to a royal family launched the ‘Ghar Vapsi’ (Home Coming) movement to stop religious conversion of the tribals living in remote regions of the State. Speaker of Raipur Municipal Council Sanjay Srivastava said that Judeo was a bold leader . BJP’s Raipur District President Ashok Pandey said that Judeo was not only a popular leader in Chhattisgarh but also in the entire country.
The late leader was the Chairman of Jashpur Nagar Palika from 1975 to 1982 and became lok Sabha MP in 1989. He was member of the Rajya Sabha for three consecutive terms since 1992, he said.