Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ajit Jogi
on Monday June 06,2016 said he would be starting a new political party to “free the
State from the Raman Singh government.”
Declaring his plans at a public meeting at Kotami village under his
constituency Marwahi, the veteran politician, however, kept a window
open for reconciliation with the Congress by not resigning from the
party and also asked his supporting MLAs not to resign.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ajit Jogi
said he wanted to form a new party to stop the plunder of natural
resources in the state.
“People are asking me the reasons behind this move (formation of a new
party). I have seen this plunder since 2003 and cannot tolerate it
anymore. I am independent now. Our state has enormous amount of natural
resources. Ours is one of the richest lands but no one is getting its
benefits. I want to stop this plunder. The flag, symbol and name of the
party will be decided after taking your (people’s) opinion,” Ajit Jogi
said.
Ajit Jogi, however, did not announce a date to launch the new party. Before his
speech, he asked his close aide and former MLA Dharamjeet Singh to read
out a seven point “Kotami Declaration” to the public.
“A new party will be formed under the leadership of Ajit Jogi. We will
form our own government in 2018 and send 10 members to Lok Sabha (in
2019) to raise Chhattisgarh’s voice.
This is a new beginning for the
people of Chhattisgarh which will end the politics of hate and
exploitation,” Dharamjeet Singh announced.
However, only four MLAs were present in the public meeting as against the claims of Ajit Jogi that he had backing of 15 MLAs. His wife and Kota MLA Renu Jogi, son and Marwahi MLA Amit Jogi, Gunderdehi MLA R.K.Rai and Bilha MLA Siyaram Koushik were present on the dais
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