United Progressive Alliance candidate Yashwant Sinha reached State Capital on Friday late evening and was warmly received by State Congress president Rajesh Thakur and Jharkhand State Congress In-Charge, Avinash Pandey. Sinha will meet the Congress MLAs and MPs along with other parties’ MPs and MLAs to seek support for him.
The coalition partner of Congress in the State Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has already announced its support to NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu.
Earlier, with a view to discuss the upcoming presidential poll and other organisational issues in the State, Jharkhand State Congress In-Charge, Avinash Pandey reached Ranchi on Friday by service plane on his two-day visit.
Talking to press persons at the airport, Pandey said that Yashwant Sinha is the common candidate of the opposition in the battle of ideology and we all together had decided the candidates. In response to a question, he said that JMM has taken a decision after thinking about something. Our alliance in Jharkhand is completely united, he added.
A large numbers of Congress leaders and workers were present at the airport to welcome Pandey including senior State Congress Committee Leader, Alok Kumar Dubey, Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo, Dr Rajesh Gupta Chhotu, Firoz Rizvi Munna, Ranchi District Congress Committee president, Suresh Baitha, Jyoti Singh Matharu, Gauri Shankar Munda, Madan Mahto, Sanjit Yadav at Ranchi airport, Abhishek Sahu, Gajendra Singh, Vinay Sinha Deepu, Surendra Singh, Shashibhushan Rai, Ujjwal Prakash Tiwari, Ajay Kumar Sinha, Surendra Rai apart from JPCC Chief, Rajesh Thakur.
The convener of the organization empowerment campaign, Dubey said that a strategy will be made tomorrow to implement the agitational programs under the decision taken in the Jaipur session, senior Congress leaders, members of the coordination committee, members of the organizational campaign committee, in the meeting held in BNR Chanakya Convenor, MLA, Minister will be present, in which discussion will be held regarding the success of Gaurav Yatra from August 9 and India Jodo program from October, 2.