Yatra vs Yatra in Karnataka: BJP goes head-to-head with Bharat Jodo this week | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
With Rahul Gandhi's march set to enter backward dists, where Congress has base, CM Bommai, ex-CM BSY start Jan Sankalpa Yatra from there
“Why is Rahul Gandhi carrying out his walk? He wants to re-establish himself in politics. It is a walk for relaunching Rahul Gandhi. The people who have planned the Bharat Jodo Yatra keep claiming that they have to relaunch Rahul Gandhi. They are not walking for the nation or for the poor and backward,” Bommai said, addressing a rally as part of the Jana Sankalpa Yatra in the Raichur region.
Originally planned as a series of public rallies to highlight the achievements of the BJP’s tenure in Karnataka, the Jana Sankalpa Yatra is now being seen as a counter to the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered the poll-bound state on September 30 and is meant to spend 21 days here, and has been drawing impressive crowds.
Over this current week, as the Congress yatra travels through some of Karnataka’s most backward districts, including Raichur and Ballari, the BJP’s two main leaders in the state — CM Bommai and former CM B S Yediyurappa — will also hold rallies in the region. The area has a high population of Scheduled Castes and Tribes, among whom the Congress has traditionally enjoyed a strong base.
Unlike the Congress march, which is a padyatra (on foot), though, the BJP yatra will see leaders heli-hopping or travelling by road to sites of rallies.
Bommai denied that the Jana Sankalpa Yatra was a counter to the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. “We will talk about our programmes and try to win the (2023) elections. There is no connection whatsoever between the Bharat Jodo Yatra and Jana Sankalp Yatra,” the CM said, before leaving Bengaluru for the rally in Raichur.
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