On Thursday (June 22), Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat to launch the six-day Veerangana Rani Durgavati Gaurav Yatra, an initiative of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Bharatiya Janata Party State government to honour the legacy of 16th century Gondwana kingdom Queen Durgavati.
Under this, five yatras will originate from as many places and traverse through mostly tribal-dominated belts of the State, before culminating in Shahdol district of Eastern Madhya Pradesh on June 27 at the Veerangana Rani Durgavati Balidan Diwas event, which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Apart from Mr. Shah in Balaghat, elected representatives from the ruling party will flag off the yatras at other origin points. Betul MP D.D. Uikey will flag off the yatra from neighbouring Chhindwara, which has a significant tribal population and is also the stronghold of State Congress president and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Another key tribal face in the State BJP, Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah, will launch the yatra from Damoh district.
