The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold a foot march ‘Loktantra Bachao Arajakta Hatao’ in Jabalpur on November 2. Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, State BJP President Hemant Khandelwal and other senior party leaders will take part in the march. State PWD Rakesh Singh addressed a meeting organised at the BJP divisional office on Thursday He reviewed on-going preparations for the mega programme. Singh said the party would reach out to people to counter misleading claims by the Congress and other opposition parties. He alleged that the opposition was spreading confusion over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He said the process is not new and has been carried out under previous governments as well.

 

He claimed that the Congress is opposing it because the BJP is in power at the Centre. Singh also accused the Congress of encouraging disorder by opposing the election process and alleged that it is protecting its vote bank. He said BJP workers and social organisations would take to the streets to explain the party's position to the public. District BJP President Ratnesh Sonkar said party workers, along with representatives of social organisations and institutions, would join the march. The march will start at Shaheed Smarak in Gol Bazar and pass through Malviya Chowk, Lordganj, Bada Fuhara, Tularam Chowk and Karamchand Chowk before returning to Shaheed Smarak. MP Ashish Dubey, Rajya Sabha member Sumitra Valmiki, MLA Ashok Rohani, MLA Abhilash Pandey and Mayor Jagat Bahadur Singh also addressed the meeting. Several party office bearers and workers attended the meeting to discuss arrangements for the march.