Congress launches ‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ in M.P. on Ganesh Chaturthi
The HinduRAIPUR: The Congress on Tuesday launched its ‘Jan Aakrosh Yatras’, a pan-State outreach programme through which it aims to challenge the 18-year-old Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, which is due for election later this year. State party president Kamal Nath wrote on X : “The purpose of these yatras is to express the pain and suffering of the oppressed people due to the misrule of Shivraj government for 18 years.” Between them, the seven yatras led by veterans of the party’s State unit will cover a distance of 11,400 km, spanning all the 230 Assembly segments. Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Govind Singh led the campaign from Sheopur district in Gwalior-Chambal region, while former Minister Ajay Singh ‘Rahul’ launched the yatra from Rewa district of the Vindhya region. The five ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatras’ are currently heading towards Bhopal and scheduled to conclude with a mega gathering of BJP workers on September 25, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address.