Chandrapur Congress meet urges workers to join Delhi mega rally on November 1

An important Congress meeting was held at Hotel Siddharth Premier in Chandrapur as part of the "Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao" campaign. It was chaired by Bala Bachchan, the AICC-appointed observer for Chandrapur district. Bachchan is a former Madhya Pradesh home minister and the MLA from Rajpur assembly constituency.

The campaign is being run by the All India Congress Committee (AICC). Its stated aims are to protect democratic values, make people aware of voters' rights and strengthen the Congress organisation. Against this background, office-bearers and workers from Chandrapur were called to the meeting.

Those present included Congress Legislature Party leader and MLA Vijaybhau Wadettiwar, district Congress president and former MLA Subhashbhau Dhote, and city district Congress president Shiva Rao Polshettiwar.

The meeting discussed in depth how to take the campaign effectively to the ground, build the organisation and prepare for upcoming party programmes. The "Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao" mega rally to be held at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on November 1, 2026 was also discussed. A strong appeal was made for as many office-bearers and workers as possible from Chandrapur district to attend.

Bachchan, who came as observer, took stock of the working of the party organisation and spoke to those present. He stressed that workers should take the initiative to spread awareness of voters' rights, firm up public trust in the democratic process and take the party's message to the people.

A press conference was also held after the meeting. Bachchan, Wadettiwar and district president Dhote spoke to the media about the campaign, the "vote theft" issue and the Delhi rally. The leaders called "vote theft" a very serious matter. This is the leaders' allegation.

The leaders said Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party and the INDIA bloc were waging a tough struggle to save Indian democracy, the Constitution and citizens' rights. They appealed to citizens and workers to take part in large numbers in the rally in Delhi on November 1.

Polshettiwar delivered the introductory address. City district president Manish Tiwari conducted the proceedings, and city women's district president Chandatai Vairagade proposed the vote of thanks.

Also present were Scheduled Caste Department Congress state president Aniruddha Wankar, Youth Congress district president Shantanu Dhote, NSUI district president Safak Sheikh, state secretary Roshanlal Bittu, Sewa Dal Congress district president Sachin Katyal, former district president Subhashsingh Gaur, Vinayak Bangde, Vinod Dattatraya, K. K. Singh, Praveen Padvekar, Prof. Suryakant Khanke, Prof. Ram Raut, Pramod Borikar, Deepak Wadhai, Shyamkant There, Sapna More, Pawan Bhagat and Sunita Govardhan. Nagaradhyaksh Arun Dhote, Nagaradhyaksh Alkatai Wadhai and former mayor Sangeeta Amritkar were also there.

Surendra Adbale, Congress group leader in the municipal corporation, Nagaradhyaksh Deepti Sontakke, city vice-president Raju Reddy, Dinesh Chokhare, Praveen Kakde, Bhaskar Makode, Vijay Gharat, tehsil president Vijay Gawande, Khemraj Tidke, Pramod Chaudhari, Anil Narule, Uttamrao Peche, Ranjan Lande, Govinda Upre, Ashok Rechankar, Nitin Gohane, Vasudev Pal, Ramakant Lodhe, Rajendra Chikte and city president Abdul Karim Sheikh also attended. State, district and city-level Congress office-bearers, heads of various front organisations, cell office-bearers and a large number of workers were present at the meeting.