Determined to create a kind of wave against the Harish Rawat Government in the run-up to the election, BJP national president Amit Shah is all set to address three public rallies-one in Garhwal and two in Kumaon- as part of the Parivartan Yatra slated to be kick-started by Shah himself from Dehradun on November 13. The yatra would end with Shah addressing a rally in Haldwani on December 7. Meanwhile he would also make a public address in Almora on November 22.
Two chariots being designed for the purpose, the party would hold rallies in all the 70 Assembly constituencies of the state as part of the yatra. A string of Central level leaders aside the State top brass would be on the chariots from where they would address the people.
Anxious to make the yatra a success, the BJP constituted yatra committees to lend it a professional touch, said the state party chief Ajay Bhatt on Friday.
Bhatt further said that their morale is now at its zenith with the state party in-charge Shyam Jaju asking them to leave no stone unturned to usher in the regime change.
He disclosed that Balraj Passi would be the Yatra convenor while Dan Singh Rawat and Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli would be co-convenors. While Mahendra Bhatt is the Garhwal convenor Kunwar Swaraj Vidwan is the co convenor. For Kumaon, while Dan Singh Rawat would be the convenor Ravindra Bajaj is the co convenor.
Pauri lok sabha constituency convenors are Vinod Kandari and Chandi Prasad Bhatt while for Tehri lok Sabha constituency, Khajan Das and Kuldeep Kumar are the convenors. For Haridwar lok Sabha constituency, Mayank Gupta and Sunil Uniyal are the convenors while for Nainital lok Sabha constituency Gajraj Singh Bisht is the convenor. For Almora lok Sabha constituency, Raju Bhandari and Sher Singh Gadhia are the convenors.
Besides, a management committee has been constituted to take care of Amit Shah's public rallies. The management committee comprises Balraj Passi, former CM and Haridwar MP Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Tehri MP Mala Rajya lakshmi Shah, Trivendra Singh Rawat, Dhan Singh Rawat, Madan Kaushik, Harbans Kapur, Ganesh Joshi, Umesh Sharma, Vinod Chamoli and Umesh Aggarwal.
A committee comprising Bhaskar Naithani and others would look after accommodation and food for Garhwal region while Khilendra Choudhary has been made incharge for Kumaon region with Rajendra Singh being made the co- inchrage. Bindesh Gupta has been made Kumaon Yatra public meeting incharge while transport has been given to Suresh Parihar with Bharat Bhushan Chugh being made the co incharge for transport in Kumaon region. For Garhwal, Attar Singh Tomar has been made the transport incharge while Deepak Dimri, Brijbhushan Gairola and Ajyendra Ajay have been made Garhwal Yatra media incharges. For Kumaon, Tarun Bansal, Suresh Tiwari and Prakash Rawat have been made media incharges.