"Leaders from different states have congratulated Jogi over phone after he announced on June 6 that he would form a new party," Jogi's political secretary Ashok Sharma said in a statement.
These leaders included Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, YSR Congress chiefY S Jaganmohan Reddy, he said.
They hoped that with the formation of a regional party, importance of Chhattisgarh at the national level will increase, Sharma said.