Grassroots workers of Congress on Tuesday targeted their senior leaders and held them responsible for debacle the Opposition party faced in the last Assembly polls.
Participating in thousands in the workers meet organised by the party at local Shankaracharya Bhavan here, they also brought to the notice of the top State leadership the present status of the organisation in the region.
They said that the party has been not only in a bad state in Mahasamund but also across the State since 1977.They praised State Congress President Bhupesh Baghel for promoting new faces and encouraging those working hard for the party.Addressing the gathering, Baghel said despite financial hurdles, they should work hard to ensure that the Congress perform better in the State in the ensuing lok Sabha polls .
Booth wise Congress workers from different constituencies reached the venue a day before in large numbers. Apart from Baghel, the other prominent leaders who addressed the gathering include former state Congress president Dhanendra Sahu, legislator Gurmukh Singh Hora, Amitesh Shukla and Agni Chandrakar.
Responding to the allegation made by the grassroots party workers that they are being neglected in the party, Baghel said he will ensure that such thing does not happen.Hitting out at Chief Minister Raman Singh for his statement that he will use Brahmastra, Baghel said the Chief Minister has been only making announcement but not disclosing where and when he will use itIJ
Everyone knows that he used the Brahmastra in Jeeram Ghati, Baghel said while making reference to the last year’s Maoist carnage in which several top state Congress leaders were killed.
He also accused the Raman Singh led Government of cheating the people and farmers in the name of bonus, and on the issue of reservation for tribals and Satnamis.