Misdeeds of the Bharatiya Janata Party Government during its nine years of rule, scams after scams and the series of excesses perpetrated on Adiwasis and poor people during this period have led to the common man feeling shaken and terrorised. To prevent this from happening further and to stop the sale of natural resources being done for personal benefit, “changing of this Government is necessary”. large number of tribal girls are missing and rape in ashram schools has become a common phenomena; these are the reasons every Chhattisgarhiya wants change in government, said senior Congress leader Motilal Vora.
Aiming to dislodge the sitting BJP Government from power in the State in next Assembly polls due this year end, Congress launched its ‘Parivartan Yatra’ from Ambikapur Thursday brimming with enthusiasm and amid presence of all factions of the party on one dais. The ‘Yatra’ commenced from the local Kala Kendra Maidan attracting warm response from the public as large crowd gathered at the venue to participate in it.
Almost all senior leaders of the party were present at the venue as also they flayed the state government for its failure to address the miseries of the people and instead indulged in scams and plunder of public money. They called on public to vote BJP government out in the next election.
Earlier, to participate in the ‘Parivartan Yatra’ senior leaders including Motilal Vora, All India Congress Committee general secretary and Chhattisgarh In-charge B K Hariprasad, former chief minister Ajit Jogi, Union Minister Charandas Mahant, senior Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress president Nand Kumar Patel, leader of opposition in Assembly Ravindra Choubey reached Ambikapur from the State capital.
Ahead of the yatra, all the Congress leaders reached Mahamaya Mandir and performed puja for the success of the Parivartan yatra. They later reached the venue, sprawling Kala Kendra Maidan, in the form of a large rally and flagged off the Parivartan Yatra rath amid calls of change of the present ruling dispensation.
Speaking on the occasion, state in charge of Parivartan yatra T S Singhdeo declared that the Yatra has been launched to dislodge the Raman government as the party workers would expose the wide range of corruption perpetrated by this government. During the course of Parivartan Yatra party workers/ leaders will inform the public about scams related to allotment of Bhatgaon Coal Block extension I and II, corruption in issuance of ration cards, failure of government in supplying power to villages despite getting Rs 200 crore assistance from the Centre for the same, betrayal with Shikshakarmis and other misdeeds affecting the masses.