The State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party's month-long ‘Vikas Yatra’ has been rescheduled to start on May 12 instead of May 11 this year.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will flag off the Yatra from Dantewada in Bastar on May 12.
A series of meetings were held here at State BJP office on Thursday. The meetings were chaired by State BJP President Dharamlal Kaushik and In-charge for the Vikas Yatra, PWD Minister Rajesh Munat was especially present on the occasion.
In the meeting both Kaushik and Munat informed that the Yatra will not start on its scheduled date as it has been extended one day later.
Chief Minister Raman Singh was also trying to bring BJP National President Amit Shah also to flag off the ‘Vikas Yatra’.
Shah who is at present busy in Karnataka polls has not given his consent till now but had said that he will try his best to come and launch the poll campaign of the party from Dantewada, the leaders informed.
Speaking on this occasion, Kaushik said the Vikas Yatra would showcase the development done in the region.
“The state had witnessed all-round development and the Chief Minister is steadily gearing up the pace of development for a comprehensive development”. The party is getting successively mandates from people of the State to extend the development to the man standing in farthest corner, he said.
Munat while addressing the meeting appealed to the party workers and office bearers to gear up activities to make the month long ‘Vikas Yatra’ a grand show. In charge of Morchas and Cells, Rampratap Singh also addressing the workers on this occasion and appealed them make every possible effort so that the party records victory for the fourth consecutive time.
State Organizational General Secretary Pawan Sai, State General Secretary Giridhar Gupta, Co-In charge of Vikas Yatra, Subhash Rao was prominently present in the meeting .