The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee has decided to organise padyatras at the block-level to disseminate information about the achievements of the Congress-led Government at the Centre.
Congress State general secretary Vijay Saraswat said that these marches are being started in the State as per the directions of the AICC. The padyatra was started in Haridwar before Holi as part of the first phase. A seven-day padyatra will begin in Dharampur Vidhan Sabha segment in Dehradun district on March 23. It will be flagged off jointly by Chief Minister Harish Rawat, PCC president Yashpal Arya and cabinet minister Dinesh Aggarwal who is also the Dharampur MlA. Saraswat has exhorted the party workers to expose the opposition and raise public awareness about the achievements of the Congress.