In order to galvanise the Congress cadre in the State against what the party terms failures of the Bharatiya Janata Party Governments both at the State and Centre, the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president is slated to meet the party workers at various towns in the Garhwal region.
Ahead of the PCC chief’s Garhwal tour, the party organised a protest rally at New Tehri on the issues of the incomplete State of the Dobra-Chanthi bridge and problems being faced in Pratapnagar area.
The Congress members complained that the State Government had stopped release of funds for completion of the Dobra Chanthi bridge for the past seven months. Further, the funds for developmental works initiated in the Tehri dam affected Pratapnagar area had also been stopped by the present State Government, said PCC chief spokesman Mathura Datt Joshi.
Apart from the PCC chief, previous PCC president Kishore Upadhyay, former Pratapnagar MlA and party members were among those who participated in the protest. It is worth mentioning here that the construction of the Dobra-Chanthi bridge was started in 2006 but has not been completed yet. Public groups in the Pratapnagar area affected by construction of the Tehri dam have been demanding various measures for addressing problems faced in the area.
According to the PCC chief spokesman, the PCC chief will start a two-day tour of the Garhwal region on November 16
On that day, he will hold talks with the Congress party workers at Srinagar, Rudraprayag, Karnprayag, Chamoli and Joshimath. On November 17, he will participate in a protest demonstration to be organised by the party workers at Devprayag against the decision of the state government to expand the areas under the jurisdictional limits of municipal corporations, municipalities and Nagar Panchayats without the consent of the local residents.
Joshi said on November 19, the PCC chief will participate in a meet to be organised at Congress Bhawan to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi. After the programme, he will leave for Haridwar where is slated to hold a meeting with the party workers. He will then attend a programme at laksar to commemorate Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary.