Pressing for their seven-point charter of demands, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) (J) Supremo, Ajit Jogi lead hundreds of his party’s supporters in their march to Prime Minister’s official residence on Friday afternoon in the national capital.
They were intercepted by the police mid-way and were arrested.
Apart from Ajit Jogi, the prominent party leaders present in the march included Marwahi legislator Amit Jogi, former Deputy Speaker of the Chhattisgarh State Assembly Dharamjeet Singh, former Member of Parliament, Devvrat Singh and Anil Tah.
Ajit Jogi stated in the memorandum that the some of the policies of Chhattisgarh Government as well as the Central government not in the interest of people of Chhattisgarh.
The seven-point charter of demands included declaration of Rs 2100 Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy as per election manifesto of BJP in Chhattisgarh during 2013 Assembly polls, declaring loan waiver for farmers as it has been done in two other BJP ruled states mainly Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, stopping outsourcing of teachers in the interest of local youth, stop construction of Polawaram Dam which is affecting 40,000 families of scheduled tribes, ensuring interest of Chhattisgarh in the construction of dams in Mahanadi, Indrawati and Kanhar rivers at the State borders, as Chhattisgarh is a manufacturing oriented industrial state , it is suffering loss due to enforcement of Goods and Service Tax (GST) and thus the Centre must compensate it and special economic status be given to Chhattisgarh.