Late night on September 18, Bhupesh Baghel asked his personal staff to get prepared to leave for Bilaspur — about 120 km from the Chhattisgarh capital. He brushed aside suggestions that it was not safe to travel by road that was under construction.
He reached Bilaspur by midnight and went straight to the hospital where Congress workers were recuperating from injuries they suffered in a police lathicharge.
Baghel, the Chhattisgarh Congress President, rushed to the spot after the incident, which propelled party workers.
The connect with workers that Baghel enjoyed since taking charge of the party has been his biggest strength. He infused