The State-level office bearers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met on Thursday at the party office here to discuss future programmes including the remaining phases of the Vikas Yatra to be undertaken in the State.
The meeting was attended by BJP’s National Joint General Secretary Saudan Singh including State In-charge Jagatprakash Nadda and Chief Minister Raman Singh, party sources here informed. The issue on restarting the Vikas Yatra was taken up for discussion in the meeting which was called off in the aftermath of the Maoist attack on the Congress party convoy at Jeeram Ghati on May 25 this year.
It was informed in the meeting that Vikas Yatra has so far completed its three phases and the same is now to be taken up in Bilaspur and Bastar divisions. The meeting also took up the decision of the BJP High Command on the programmes which are to be taken up against the UPA-led Congress government at the Centre which includes holding of demonstrations against unprecedented rise in the price of petroleum products announced by the Central government.
The agitations are also to be held against the petroleum price rise issue in Raipur and other districts of the State. The party leaders also discussed the prevailing political situation in the State following the Jeeram Ghati massacre on May 25 in Bastar. The members of the party’s State Working Committee will be meeting on Friday to draw out proposals for seeking nod from senior party leaders on their implementation in the State.
Senior party functionaries including BJP National Mahila Morcha President Saroj Pandey, BJP State President Ramsevak Paikra, ministers Brijmohan Agrawal and Amar Agrawal, BJP State Organization General Secretary Ram Pratap Singh were present on the occasion.