State-level Congress party leaders led by Chhattisgarh In-charge of All India Congress Committee (AICC), P.l. Punia sat on a fast at the District Collectorate’s garden of the city on Monday for promoting communal harmony and to protest the atrocities against Dalits.
The fast which was held on appeal of AICC Chief Rahul Gandhi was against recent caste conflicts in the country.
The party leaders also paid tributes to the victims of the riots during the recent ‘Bharat Bandh’ of the Dalit organizations.
Speaking on the occasion, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) President, Bhupesh Baghel said it was the tradition of the Congress party and its senior leaders who used to sit on fast to pray for the betterment of countrymen.Fasts by Mahatama Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave are examples of the same. Several times the British had to bow because of the hunger strike of Gandhiji, Baghel said.
Former CGPCC President Dhanendra Sahu, former ministers Satyanarayan Sharma and Mohammed Akbar, former Member of Parliament Karuna Shukla, CGPCC Working President Shiv Daharia were present on the occasion.