Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be in Raipur on Saturday to address a workers’ meeting, officials said here on Wednesday. During his brief trip to the state he will address the meeting at the indoor stadium at about 3 pm before returning to New Delhi same day.
A Special Protection Group which is responsible for the protection of Prime Minister has already arrived here to review the security arrangement. They held discussions with top State police officials and inspected the meeting venue. Although the stadium has a capacity to house more than ten thousand people, only six-seven thousand people would be allowed to attend the meeting, the officials said.
Initially the party was planning to organise a public election meeting but later it was cancelled and instead party leaders decided to hold the workers meet. The prominent among those who will present in the meeting of the Prime Minister include Congress general secretary BK Hariprasad, State Congress president and Union Minister Charan das Mahant, former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and leader of Opposition Ravindra Choubey.
State Congress election in-charge Mukul Wasnik reached at Raipur Wednesday and held discussions with party leaders at the party’s State headquarters. The party leaders are making efforts to ensure presence of large number of local party workers in the rally.