Union Home and Cooperation Minister addresses the closing ceremony of the Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav in Raipur

3 November 2026

Shri Amit Shah, Union Home and Cooperation Minister, addressed the closing ceremony of the Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav at Raipur. Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai and Deputy Chief Minister Shri Vijay Sharma were present. Shah said 5 lakh peepal trees will be planted in Naya Raipur, which will be branded a Peepal City. He said the 33rd installment under the Mahtari Vandan Yojana was transferred, and that artificial limbs are being given to people who lost limbs in violence over the past 30 years. He said literacy in the state has risen from 65 per cent to 79 per cent, that ITIs have doubled and engineering colleges have tripled. He named Bastar Dussehra, the Maa Danteshwari Temple and the Maa Bamleshwari Temple, along with Kanger Valley National Park, Tirathgarh Falls and Chitrakote Falls, and said the state would come among the top three tourism states. He added that Bastar Pandum and Bastar Olympics were held during the year.