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Congress call to end SP rule
The Congress? Jan Vishwas Yatra was flagged off from the historic Anand Bhawan by AICC general secretary and incharge UP affairs Ashok Gehlot following a public meeting here on Tuesday. Addressing the Congressmen, Gehlot urged them to go to every house in the state and apprise the people of the misrule of the SP Government. This step, he said, was necessary to let the people know about the faulty policies being pursued by the Mulayam Government. He hoped that the Congressmen would be able to gain the confidence of the people following the yatra.
The Congress’ Jan Vishwas Yatra was flagged off from the historic Anand Bhawan by AICC general secretary and incharge UP affairs Ashok Gehlot following a public meeting here on Tuesday.
Addressing the Congressmen, Gehlot urged them to go to every house in the state and apprise the people of the misrule of the SP Government. This step, he said, was necessary to let the people know about the faulty policies being pursued by the Mulayam Government. He hoped that the Congressmen would be able to gain the confidence of the people following the yatra.
Speaking on the occasion, State Congress president Salman Khursheed dubbed the Mulayam Government as one which was run by “liars, cheats and frauds”.
Senior Congress leader Anil Shashtri said UP had not seen any development because of the absence of Congress Government from the scene. He expressed the hope that the Congress would be able to end the misrule of Mulayam Government through the Jan Vishwas Yatra.
CLP leader Pramod Tewari lashed out at the SP Government for its failure to check crime. Accusing the State Government of promoting murders, loots and dacoities, he said even the DG’s wife and SP MLAs were not safe under this government.
DCC president Ashok Bajpai conducted the meeting.
Prominent senior Congressmen present on this occasion included SS Upadhya, SP Malviya, Shekhar Bahuguna, Ram Yagya Dwivedi, Kishore Varshney,Fuzail Hashmi, Jitendra Nath Singh and Ajai Misra.
The yatra, which began from Anand Bhawan, proceeded to Mirzapur after passing through Naini and Karchana.
Earlier, it reached Chowk after passing through Colonelganj, Katra,Net Ram Crossing, Man Mohan Park and Hindu Hostel.
A public meeting was also held in Chowk, addressed by several senior leaders.
Meanwhile, the newly elected vice-president of CMP Degree College Priti Tripathi, along with hundreds of her supporters, took part in the Jan Vishwasa Yatra rally, organised by the All India Congress Committee on Tuesday. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gahlot flagged off the rally from the historical Anand Bhawan.
Before the rally, Priti was felicitated by Ashok Gahlot, State congress president Salman Khurshid, leader of Congress Legislative Party Pramod Tiwari, district president of Congress Ashok Bajpai, former president of Allahabad University Students’ Union Sanjay Tiwari, Rajiv Kumar Shukla, Ashutosh Tripathi and others.
