Karnataka on poll mode, Congress goes on padayatras
8 Jan 2013 6:58 AM IST
The Congress, hoping to recapture power in Karnataka after nearly six years, Monday launched issue-based 'padayatras' (marches) and people's contact programmes that would continue for three months. Polls to the 225-member assembly are due in May.
The first of the four 'padayatras' got off Monday at Hospet in Bellary district, about 300 km north of Bangalore, and would end Jan 14 at Koodalasangama in Bagalkot district after covering a distance of around 130 km. State Con chief G Parameshwara, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Siddaramaiah and party leader in the legislative council S.R. Patil would lead the 'padayatras'.
The Hospet-Koodalasanagama march, called 'Congress nadige Krishneya kadege', is to highlight the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's failure to complete various projects to utilize the Krishna water, according to Parameshwara. Dates for the other three 'padayatra' would be announced after the conclusion of the first.
The second, which also would be in north Karnataka, is on the theme of equality. The third, in coastal Karnataka, is on communal harmony, and the last, in southern Karnataka, is titled ‘Congress march towards people’s governance’.
The first of the four 'padayatras' got off Monday at Hospet in Bellary district, about 300 km north of Bangalore, and would end Jan 14 at Koodalasangama in Bagalkot district after covering a distance of around 130 km. State Con chief G Parameshwara, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Siddaramaiah and party leader in the legislative council S.R. Patil would lead the 'padayatras'.
The Hospet-Koodalasanagama march, called 'Congress nadige Krishneya kadege', is to highlight the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's failure to complete various projects to utilize the Krishna water, according to Parameshwara. Dates for the other three 'padayatra' would be announced after the conclusion of the first.
The second, which also would be in north Karnataka, is on the theme of equality. The third, in coastal Karnataka, is on communal harmony, and the last, in southern Karnataka, is titled ‘Congress march towards people’s governance’.
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