Amit Shah unable to attend, BJP goes ahead with Parivartan Yatra launch in poll-bound Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh eyeing a comeback in the upcoming assembly polls, due later this year. The Yatra was scheduled to be launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah but his visit was cancelled at the last moment due to some urgent reason, a party leader said.
In the absence of Shah, BJP's Chhattisgarh incharge Om Mathur flagged off the yatra after performing rituals at the famous Maa Danteshwari temple in Dantewada town.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has planned two Parivartan yatras in poll-bound Chhattisgarh.
BJP chief JP Nadda will launch the second Yatra from Jashpur on September 15.
The two yatras, which will see 84 public meetings, 85 «swagat sabhas'' (welcome gatherings) and seven road shows, will culminate in Bilaspur on the same day after covering a distance of 2,989 km across 87 out of the total 90 assembly constituencies.
After offering rituals at Danteshwari temple, Mathur, Chhattisgarh BJP chief Arun Sao, and other senior leaders addressed a public rally at the High School ground here before flagging off the Yatra.
Speaking at the rally, former chief minister Raman Singh hit out at the Congress government in Chhattisgarh and claimed it has indulged in corruption and looting people for the last five years.
»The Bhupesh Baghel government has done nothing except corruption in the last five years. We are not saying this but the Enforcement Directorate's investigation has revealed this.
