To pay tribute to Mahendra Karma, Vidya Charan Shukla, Nand Kumar Patel, Udai Mudliyar, Gopi Madhwani and others who martyred in the May 25 Maoist attack on Congress convoy at Jeeram Valley near Darbha, people welcomed Balidani Maati Kalash Yatra enthusiastically at Bhanpuri as the Yatra left Bastar Block Headquarters for Narayanpur Saturday.
The Yatra came to a pause at Bhanpuri Chowk on National Highway 30 where people paid floral tribute to leaders amid chants of ‘Mahendra Karma, Vidya Charan Shukla, Nand Kumar Patel Amar Rahe’. Son of late Karma Deepak Karma, in-charge of Kalash Yatra Rajesh Tiwari, Malkit Singh Gaindu, Sattar Ali, Yashwardhan Rao, Anturam Kashyap, lakheshwar Baghel, Premshankar Shukla, Rajendra Tiwari and others were present. Having commenced its journey in Bastar, the police department is not taking any chance in providing security to the Kalash Yatra. While the jawans of Central Reserve Police Force, Chhattisgarh Armed Forces and District police were lining both sides of the road along with bomb disposal squad, road opening party was marching ahead of the Kalash Yatra Rath also. After offering a tearful adieu to their leaders, people sent off the Kalash Yatra to Narayanpur.