Subhash Dhote meets villagers in Korpana on Diwali as several youths join Congress

On the occasion of Diwali, Chandrapur District Congress Committee president and former MLA Subhashbhau Dhote visited several villages in Korpana taluka and met residents. He travelled to Pimpalgaon, Wadgaon and Kadholi, among other villages, and spoke with citizens, local office-bearers and party workers. The purpose of the tour was stated to be to engage with the public and further strengthen the Congress organisation.

During the visit, several youths publicly joined the Congress, expressing faith in Dhote's leadership. The festival greetings thus also served to strengthen the party organisation. The new entrants were welcomed warmly with the Congress scarf.

Dhote enquired after people's well-being and learnt about local problems and various issues. He assured them that the Congress would keep fighting to give voice to the concerns of ordinary people and for their rightful claims.

A kabaddi tournament is due to begin in Pimpalgaon tomorrow. Dhote reviewed the arrangements and wished the organisers a successful event. He also held detailed discussions with workers on the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections, the SIR process of revising the voter list, and a range of political and social issues from the local to the national level.

Dhote said the Congress and the INDIA bloc, led by Rahul Gandhi, the party's national leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, were fighting across the country to protect democracy, the Constitution and the rights of the people. He appealed to workers to become active at the organisational level to widen this fight, work together on public issues, and strengthen the party organisation village by village ahead of the coming local self-government elections.

Those present included Prof. Ashish Derkar, deputy sarpanch of Smart Gram Bibi; Shailesh Lokhande of the Youth Congress; Sudarshan Davare, deputy sarpanch of Wadgaon; and gram panchayat members Kailas Meshram and Shamkant Nikhade. Also present were Datta Pa. Mase, a Kadholi gram panchayat member; Vijay Bonde, chairman of the Kadholi society; Datta Upre; Shamrao Kelzarkar; Rajkumar Panghate; Ramesh Lonbale; former sarpanch Rekha Godam; and Arvind Jogi. Local Congress office-bearers, workers and citizens also attended in large numbers.