In presence of representatives of Central team headed by Dr Anmol Deshmukh and Chhattisgarh In-charge of All India Congress Committee P.L. Punia, the State unit of Congress party began exercise for preparing poll manifesto for upcoming Lok Sabha polls here on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference here, State Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu said that the party is taking people’s opinion for poll manifesto to be prepared under chairmanship of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram. “In today’s exercise, we took opinion about including ‘Right to Health’ in the manifesto and in second phase we will dwell upon the issue of OBC welfare”, he said.
In the same bid at a private hotel in Raipur, the team of Dr Anmol Deshmukh sought opinion of doctors, Health Technicians and various non government organizations regarding government’s plan of implementation of ‘Right to Health’, Sahu informed.
Deshmukh who was also present in the press conference further informed that Congress party wants to enforce ‘Right to Health’ on the lines of Right to Information (RTI) and Right to Education (RTE) which had been enforced. Talking about today’s exercise, Deshmukh further informed that he came to know that the medical facilities were not in satisfactory condition in rural areas of the state. Though medical colleges are in sufficient numbers in the state, they lack infrastructural facilities, it was informed , he said.