The Chhattisgarh State Congress Committee (CGPCC) on Wednesday decided to hold a State-wide ‘Protest March’ to protest the deaths following sterilisation camps conducted in Bilaspur district.
The march will commence from Pendari village of Bilaspur on November 22.
“Following AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s directives, the party workers will participate in a march from block to the district headquarters level in Bastar and other districts’’, said CGPCC President, Bhupesh Baghel while addressing a news conference at Congress Bhawan here. The march will conclude in Raipur on November 27, where the protestors will gherao the Chief Minister’s official residence to demand his resignation and removal of Amar Agrawal as Health Minister, he stated.
Baghel said that in a CGPCC meeting held today (Wednesday), the party has decided to mount pressure on the State Government to give `10 lakh each and government job to one family member of the victim of sterilisation camps as compensation.
He further raised the party’s demand of constituting a Committee comprising of a judge from the Supreme Court or High Court and to establish a special investigating team (SIT) to investigate the matter.
Baghel also demanded for calling a CBI probe into various scams allegedly reported in the Health Departments in the State during the past one decade.
The senior party leader added that the issue of paddy procurement policy will also be raised during the march.
“Directives have been issued to the party’s office-bearers, MlAs, former MlAs, district and block presidents to keep a close watch on the purchase of paddy at minimum support price (MSP) as decided by the State government. Besides, they have been asked to launch a drive to generate awareness among the farmers in this regard”, he said.
This apart, discussion on intensifying the party’s membership drive and delaying the civic bodies’ polls was also held during the meeting.
ClP leader, TS Singhdeo and senior party leaders including Girish Dewangan, Shailesh Nitin Trivedi, BD Querashi, PR Khunte, MlA Renu Jogi, Bodhram Kanwar were present. On the occasion, the party leaders also paid tributes to the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 97th birth anniversary.