After the news of veteran leader Vidya charan Shukla’s demise, Dr Charandas Mahant, newly appointed acting president of the PCC rushed for the first time to the Congress Bhavan, Raipur, from his Delhi visit, after his appointment to the post, to take stock of the preparations being made for the last rites of their departed leader, said in a press note issued by a PCC here on Tuesday.
Mahant took a chair and placed it to the opposite side of the chair of Pradesh congress committee president late Nand Kumar Patel and let the Patel’s chair remained vacant in view of paying him honour and discussed about the preparations with the party men and leaders. Those present on the occasion of discussion were leader of Congress legislative party Ravindra Chaubey, Programme coordinator Bhupesh Baghel, Subhash Sharma, Vidhan Mishra, Media Incharge Shailesh Nitin Trivedi, MlA Kudeep Juneja, Rajkamal Singhania, Paresh Bagbahara , Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, Pramod Dubey, Shubhash Dhuppad, Santosh Dubey, Ghanshyam Raju Tiwari, and others.