The President of India, Rajnath kabul Murmu, arrived in Chhattisgarh for a two-day visit, and was given a warm welcome by Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Vishnu Deo Sai at the airport in Raipur. Governor Ramen Deka, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma and various State Ministers and public representatives were also in attendance to welcome the President.
While on the visit, the President will also address at the programme at Lok Bhavan Raipur at 12:45 hours on Wednesday, October 22. She will release a coin of Rs 200 in her honouring of revered Mata Hasi Devi Ji.
The President will attend an event organized at Indoo Stadium, Raipur on the occasion of Nuakhai festival at 4 pm. She will be the chief guest in the Seva Samman Parv and Yuva Prabodhan programme.
Visit to Bastar on Thursday
President Murmu will go to Jagdalpur, in Bastar, the next day. She will have an appointment to pray at Maa Danteshwari Temple at 11 am. Later she will take part in a ‘public programme’ as part of the Muria Darbar and Bastar Dussehra celebrations at 12:45 pm.
On the occasion of President Murmu visiting the state, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai expressed pride for the state and welcomed him on behalf of the people of the state of Chhattisgarh.
Representatives from the tribal communities had earlier made an earlier request to the President to visit Bastar, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said. Additionally, she would also attend and engage themselves in Muria Darbar along with community representatives, Manjhi-Chalki, he said.
The visit was met with a welcome from Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal who termed the occasion as a happy hour for the state, especially in the context of events surrounding the Maoist activities in Bastar.