BJP's 'Parivartan Yatra' in poll-bound Chhattisgarh to begin on September 12

The BJP will roll out its Parivartan Yatra in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday aiming to cover 87 out of the total 90 assembly constituencies in the pollbound state to expose the Congressled governments alleged corruption and highlight the Centres public welfare schemes and policiesUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the yatra after offering prayers at Maa Danteshwari temple in Dantewada south Chhattisgarh followed by a public rally there a party functionary in Raipur saidThe second Parivartan Yatra will be flagged off by Bharatiya Janata Party BJP president J P Nadda in Jashpur north Chhattisgarh on September 15 he saidBJP state incharge Om Mathur regional general secretary organisation for ChhattisgarhAjay Jamwal and state general secretary organisation Pavan Sai on Monday performed a puja of the bus and vehicles which will be used for the yatra at the partys state headquarters Kushabhau Thakre Parisar here before the vehicles headed for DantewadaIt is the same hightech bus used by the BJP for its Vikas Yatra in the state ahead of the 2018 assembly elections when the party was in power a member of the state BJPs communication wing saidThe bus is equipped with CCTV cameras an LED screen and a hydraulic lift for leaders to address gatherings during the yatra among other modern amenities he saidThe bus painted saffron with blue and green stripes at the bottom has pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Nadda state BJP chief Arun Sao former chief minister Raman Singh leader of opposition in the state assembly Narayan Chandel and three women leaders Union Minister Renuka Singh and BJP national vice presidents Saroj Pandey and Lata UsendiIt also has images of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the background and prominently displays the picture of Chhattisgarh Mahtari a revered mother figure traditionally depicted wearing a greencoloured saree and holding a bunch of paddy and sickle in hands over the map of the state on all four sidesTalking to reporters Mathur said the two Parivartan Yatras will be rolled out from Dantewada and Jashpur on September 12 and September 15 respectively to raise public awareness and expose the corruption of the Congress governmentWe will also apprise people about public welfare schemes of the Prime Minister Narendra Modiled government and hold meetings with beneficiaries of the central schemes he said claiming the yatra will create a new history in ChhattisgarhState BJP chief Arun Sao last week said the first yatra will cover a distance of 1728 km through Bastar Durg and Raipur divisions in 16 days while the second yatra will cover 1261 km in 13 days in Bilaspur and Surguja divisionsThe 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 out of the total 90 saidPM Modi is expected to attend the concluding function he saidMaoistaffected constituencies of Bijapur Sukma and Antagarh are not included in the itinerary but people belonging to these constituencies will be engaged in the yatra when it passes through the adjoining constituencies he saidSenior leaders from the Centre and Chhattisgarh will participate in the yatras Sao saidIn the 2018 assembly polls the Congress handed a massive defeat to the BJP which was in power for 15 years under Raman Singh The Congress won 68 assembly seats and the BJP got 15Last month the BJP released its first list of candidates for 21 seats which it had ceded to the Congress in the last pollsThe Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule of the state 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