Gearing up for the Meeting polls which can be due in about 5 months, the Karnataka BJP has deliberate a “Ratha Yatre” from north and south of the state, masking all of the 224 constituencies, quickly after finishing its ongoing ‘Jana Sankalpa Yatre’. The transfer comes amid buzz that Congress leaders are planning a state-wide bus tour forward of the elections, in two separate groups headed by Karnataka Congress President D Okay Shivakumar and Legislature Social gathering chief Siddaramaiah.
“Throughout Jana Sankalpa Yatre, we’re visiting meeting constituencies to organise the social gathering on the grassroots stage together with mobilising the individuals in its favour. There’s nice assist and response for this yatre. We’re seeing a wave in favour of the BJP. Together with public assist, there’s a new sense of confidence amongst our employees,” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai mentioned on Monday.
Chatting with reporters right here, he mentioned, “After this Yatre, we are going to begin Rath Yatre from each instructions, from north and south, and we are going to cowl all 224 Meeting constituencies.” BJP’s ‘Jana Sankalpa Yatre’ led by Chief Minister Bommai and social gathering strongman and parliamentary board member B S Yediyurappa will resume right here on Monday.
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The Yatre might be masking Udupi, and ‘Kitturu-Karnataka’ districts of Gadag, Haveri, and Belagavi, in the course of the subsequent three days. The BJP had launched Jan Sankalpa Yatre from Raichur final month, as a part of which two groups — one led by Bommai and Yediyurappa, and the opposite led by state BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel — have deliberate to cowl 52 Meeting segments throughout the state earlier than December 25.
BJP has additionally deliberate its ST Morcha’s conference in Ballari on November 20 and the SC Morcha rally in Mysuru on November 30. In the meantime, social gathering nationwide secretary in-charge of the state, Arun Singh might be visiting varied elements of ‘Kalyana Karnataka’ area like Kalaburagi, Indi, Sindagi, and likewise elements of Chitradurga, Davangere and Tumakuru districts, and might be holding assembly with leaders and office-bearers there, from November 8 to 11.
Stating that Siddaramaiah is underneath “phantasm” that individuals will convey the Congress to energy within the state, Bommai mentioned, forward of 2018 meeting polls too, when the opposition social gathering was in energy and had greater than 120 legislators, the Chief of Opposition had made comparable claims, however his social gathering was decreased to 77 MLAs after the election. “Individuals had rejected him (Siddaramaiah) and his social gathering (in 2018 polls), after having seen his administration and programmes, Congress’ divide and rule coverage, and it pushing the state in the direction of distress. Individuals haven’t forgotten it,” he mentioned.
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Additional noting that Siddaramaiah’s predictions of Congress coming to energy won’t ever come true, the Chief Minister mentioned: “His claims have by no means come true. He had claimed that H D Kumaraswamy and B S Yediyurappa wouldn’t change into chief ministers once more, however they turned CMs. He had additionally claimed to change into CM as soon as once more, but it surely by no means occurred.” Slamming the Congress and its President Mallikarjun Kharge for accusing his authorities of corruption, Bommai calling the grand previous social gathering “Gangotri of corruption”, alleged that it has been indulging in “report corruption” for over 5 many years, when it was in energy.
“To cover their corruption, they make such false allegations in opposition to us (BJP). Congress is synonymous with lies…three to 4 corruption circumstances in the course of the Congress’ regime are being investigated and extra might be probed within the days to come back,” he mentioned. Congress has a report of scams and corruption throughout their rule in Karnataka and is now accusing others of wrongdoing to cowl up their previous deeds, Bommai mentioned. He claimed the general public will always remember the Congress which had introduced the state to its worst scenario once they had been in energy within the state. To a query on the Surathkal toll gate problem, he mentioned acceptable motion might be taken.