The Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) has pulled up its socks for offering a tough fight to the BJP in the Antagarh bypolls.
With an view to leaving no stones unturned to ensure victory of its candidate, Manturam Pawar, the party has decided to press as many as 40 star campaigners in the bypolls.
The campaigners who will come to seek the voters’ support for Pawar will include—Motilal Vora, Ajit Jogi Mohsina Kidwai, BK Hariprasad, Digvijay Singh, Bhakta Charan Das, Tamradhwaj Sahu, Dr Renu Jogi, Karuna Shukla and Kawasi lakhma.
Bollywood stars-turn-politicians including Raj Babbar and Nagma will also be seen campaigning for Pawar.
The list also includes the names of Deepa Dasmunshi, Dr Charan Das Mahant, Bhupesh Baghel, TS Singhdeo, Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, Manas Bhuniya, Pradeep Bhattacharya, Dhanendra Sahu, Parasram Bharadwaj, Satyanarayan Sharma, Ravindra Choube, PR Khunte, Ingrid Mcleod, Gurmukh Singh Hora and lakheshwar Baghel.Besides, Ganga Thakur Potai, Tarun Chetarjee, Mohammad Akbar, Shailesh Nitin Trivedi, Girish Devangan, Rajesh Tiwari, Mohanlal Makram, Deepak Baij, Bhaiyalal Sinha, Anila Bhendiya, Rajendra Kumar Rai and Anita Ravate.
A detailed campaigning schedule of the State and national level leaders of the Congress party has been prepared. Sources stated that it will not be that easy for the BJP, which is already facing rebel trouble after the local party leader, Raghunath Kumethi on Wednesday filed his nomination as independent candidate after being denied ticket from the party.
The BJP, which has been occupying this seat from last four Assembly polls has assigned the senior party leaders including the State president, Dharmalal Kausik and Ministers including Prem Prakash Pandey and Brijmohan Agrwal the task of ensuring their victory for the fifth time from this seat.
The BJP leaders are also confident to persuade Kumethi to withdraw his nomination and once again register a splendid win from this seat.