
Baghel camp is keen on Rahul visiting Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region
The Hindu
Amid leadership tussle, CM’s side wants to showcase the ‘camp model of governance’ in the Naxal-hit areas of the State
Amid an ongoing leadership tussle in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel invited former Congress president Rahul Gandhi to the Bastar region when he met Mr. Gandhi in Delhi last week. The former Congress chief is yet to finalise his travel programme to the State but Mr. Baghel was quick to announce Mr. Gandhi’s acceptance of his invitation.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












