Chhattisgarh CM Baghel rides motorbike to lead 'Bharosa Yatra' in his assembly segment ahead of polls
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday rode a motorcycle to lead the ruling Congress' 'Bharosa Yatra' in his assembly constituency in Durg district to propagate the works done by his government in the last five years.
Similar day-long Bharosa Yatras (march of trust) were also taken out in the remaining 89 assembly constituencies of the poll-bound state by the Congress to mark Gandhi Jayanti.
During the yatras, the Congress said, it apprised people about welfare schemes of the Baghel government and also told them how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) neglected the residents of the state during its 15-year rule (2003-2018). Riding motorcycles, a large number of ruling party leaders and workers accompanied Baghel in the 40-km-long yatra kicked off from Selud village in the Patan assembly constituency in Durg district.
Addressing a gathering of workers at the launch of the yatra, Baghel hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his statement on paddy procurement in Chhattisgarh.
«The PM lied (during his recent rally in Bilaspur) to people that the Centre procured every single grain of paddy from farmers in the state.
Who has opened paddy procurement centres? Who has decided to procure 20 quintal paddy per acre? All these works are being done by the state government,» the chief minister said.
When there was a «double-engine» government in Chhattisgarh (2014-2018), with PM Modi and Raman Singh leading the central and state governments, respectively, they had decided to procure 10 quintal per acre from farmers in place of 15 quintal per acre, he said.
Baghel said his government has strengthened the local economy and transformed the lives of people.
