RAIPUR: 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 (formerly Twitter): “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 (LoP) 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. Of the remaining yatras, former Minister Arun Yadav will lead from Damoh in the Sagar division.
In his post, Mr. Nath wrote that there was public outrage against inflation, corruption, reducing incomes for farmers, and lack of women safety.
