Congress party on Monday staged a State-wide demonstration to protest against the BJP Government’s alleged apathy towards the farmers of the State. The ‘Gherao’ bid of Raipur District Collectorate by the party leaders and workers was foiled by police and at several other district headquarters of the State and some incidents of tussle between police and Congress workers were reported in several places.
Charging that the BJP Government in the State was not showing concern towards the farmers of the state even though drought condition was prevailing , Congress leaders staged Gherao at all the district headquarters of the State.
The party leaders alleged that ruling BJP government was not distributing compensation to the affected farmers and was not waiving off their loans. In Raipur, party workers led by former Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee President, Dhanendra Sahu and former Minister Satyanarayan Sharma marched in a form of rally from Congress Bhawan. They were intercepted near Collectorate Gate in Ghadi Chowk and their attempt of Gherao was foiled by the police. They, in absence of District Collector handed over a memorandum containing eight point charter of demands to Additional Collector.