Garhwal Post Bureau
DEHRADUN, 7 Nov: The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee has announced a statewide signature campaign against the BJP government over alleged corruption charges involving Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and some Cabinet ministers. The party said the campaign would be conducted across the State from November 10-30 following directions from the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Sharing details of the programme, Congress spokesperson Pratima Singh said that the campaign would be carried out at district, block and urban levels across Uttarakhand through a series of public outreach activities. During the first phase, (Nov 10-15), Congress workers will organise a special signature campaign highlighting allegations of corruption against Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Cabinet Ministers Rekha Arya, Ganesh Joshi and Dhan Singh Rawat.
According to the party, signatures will be collected on specially designed pamphlets as well as on 6×15-foot banners. Standard formats of the pamphlets and banners will be provided to party functionaries across the state. The Pradesh Congress Committee has directed all the district and the block units to submit the signed banners and pamphlets to the state party headquarters by November20.
The party has also announced a second phase of the campaign, under which a padyatra will be organised on November 23 from the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) office to Raj Bhavan in the presence of Uttarakhand Congress in-charge Kumari Selja. During the march, Congress leaders and workers will submit the signed banners and pamphlets collected from across the state to the Governor and seek an impartial inquiry into the corruption allegations levelled against the Chief Minister and the ministers concerned. The party will also demand accountability and appropriate action based on the findings of any investigation.
As part of the campaign, Congress will organise symbolic public courts and street plays at district and metropolitan headquarters between 25 and 30 November. Through these programmes, the party said it would seek to highlight alleged corruption, misuse of power and various public-interest issues that, according to Congress, have emerged during the BJP government’s tenure.
To ensure effective implementation of the campaign, the Pradesh Congress Committee has appointed district and Assembly constituency in-charges as coordinators for the programmes in their respective areas. All district, metropolitan, block and town Congress committees, along with senior party leaders and workers, have been asked to actively participate in the campaign.
