Congress to start ‘Punjab Bachao Yatra’ from Nov 1
Thursday, 20/10/2011
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111020/punjab.htm#7
The state Congress today announced to launch the 'Punjab Bachao Yatra' from Damdama Sahib on November 1. The yatra will conclude at Budhladha on December 2. The month-long yatra will cover all the assembly segments and will witness about 40 rallies during this period.
The modalities of the yatra were finalised today at a meeting of the party's campaign committee chaired by party incharge Gulchain Singh Charak. The meeting was attended by senior party leaders, including Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni, the Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, CWC member and MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee, MPs Partap Singh Bajwa, Vijay Inder Singla and KS Libra.
Later, addressing a meeting of senior party leaders and prominent workers, Charak said it was the beginning of the final and decisive battle that the party was waging in Punjab to throw the corrupt and incompetent Akali-BJP government out of power. He maintained that the Congress was perfectly placed to assume the power in the state as the rank and file of the party had suffered immensely during the last about five years. The party incharge also told the workers to remain united and maintain discipline at all costs.
