Amit Shah, Nadda to flag off 'Parivartan' yatras in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda will flag off Parivartan Yatras from Dantewada and Jashpur in pollbound Chhattisgarh on September 12 and 16 respectively a party leader said on TuesdayPrime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the culmination of these yatras in Bilaspur he saidThe opposition BJP will highlight the failures of the Bhupesh Baghel government on various fronts during the Parivartan yatras which will be marked by organising rallies and road shows the BJP leader saidThese yatras will collectively cover a distance of 2989 km across 87 of the total 90 assembly constituenciesThe first Parivartan Yatra will be flagged off by Amit Shah after taking blessings of Maa Danteshwari in Dantewada south Chhattisgarh on September 12 at a public rally state BJP president Arun Sao said in a press conference hereThe 16day Yatra will cover a distance of 1728 km visiting 21 districts he saidThe second Parivartan Yatra will be flagged off by J P Nadda in Jashpur north Chhattisgarh on September 16 This yatra will cover a distance of 1261 km in 12 days in the Bilaspur and Surguja divisions Sao addedBoth the 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 2989 km across 87 assembly segments PM Modi is expected to attend the concluding function Sao saidQueried on the exclusion of three Assembly segments out of the total 90 from the route of the yatras Sao said Bijapur Sukma and Antagarh constituencies all Maoistaffected have not been included in the itineraryWe will engage local residents in the yatra when it passes through the adjoining constituencies he addedSao said senior leaders from the Centre and Chhattisgarh will participate in the yatras Senior state leaders will attend both the yatras for two days each he addedIn the 2018 assembly polls Congress handed a massive defeat to BJP which had been in power for 15 years under Raman Singh The Congress had won 68 constituencies and BJP just 15The saffron party had last month released its first list of candidates for 21 seats which it had ceded to Congress in the last polls even though the EC is yet to announce the schedule of the upcoming assembly elections due later this yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever