‘Padayorukkam’ to say it with signatures

To mobilise one crore signatures

Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala’s one-month march ‘Padayorukkam’ aims at mobilising one crore signatures that will reflect the resentment of the people against the unpopular policies of the Centre and State governments.

Announcing the details of the campaign, KPCC vice president V.D. Satheeshan, who is also the convener of the UDF campaign committee, said party workers would conduct house visits to collect signatures at the booth level. The target was to collect at least 500 signatures in each booth.

Mandalam committees would collect the banners from the booths and stitch them into a banner that would be handed over to Mr. Chennithala on his arrival at the respective venue.

The UDF is at present in the process of appointing coordinators at the district, Assembly and mandalam committee levels to convert the signature campaign into one of the biggest such exercises conducted in the State, Mr. Satheeshan said.

Mr. Chennithala’s campaign which will be flagged off from Uppla in Kasaragod on November 1 will conclude on December 1 in Thiruvananthapuram.

Rahul Gandhi to attend

Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi will address a massive rally planned for December 4. The UDF will organise a rally in Kozhikode for workers from the four northern districts.

The rally will be addressed by JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal. The Kochi rally will be addressed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The house visits will be launched on October 21 in the districts north of Thrissur and on October 28 in the districts south of Ernakulam. All UDF leaders and workers will participate in the door-to-door signature campaign, the KPCC vice president said.