BJP president Amit Shah is visiting IT city Bengaluru on Wednesday to work out strategies to counter Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who are playing appeasement politics to the hilt. May 12 Karnataka Assembly polls are crucial for both the ruling Congress and the major Opposition BJP. Shah’s this two-day visit to State is seen as crucial for the party which aims to make Congress-mukt Karnataka. Shah has visited several rounds to poll bound Karnataka and is working out strategies to take on the Congress.
According to State BJP, Amit Shah would be spending more time in presiding over many meetings with all sections of the party functionaries from top to booth level (Shakti Kendra) supervisors and leaders of party's various Election Committees to review the party’s organisational set up. The saffron party is waging a decisive battle and having intense fight with Congress to recapture power.
According to lok Sabha member and BJP State General Secretary Shobha Karandlaje Party chief Shah would be touring Bengaluru urban and rural districts for the next two days and hold road shows in semi urban areas besides meeting social thinkers and other prominent personalities.
She said “Our president will be meeting social thinkers and writers Dr Chidananda Murthy and Prof Siddalingaiah to seek their advice and their views would be added in the party’s election manifesto”.
“later he would meet community leaders to elicit their views for the coming elections. He would also hold a meeting of leaders of Shakti Kendras at Palace ground tomorrow. More central leaders would line up in Karnataka to review BJP’s organisational set up in Karnataka in the coming days,’’ she added.
Shah is also garlanding the statue of 12th century social reformer Basaveshwara. The BJP has been opposing the decision of the ruling Siddaramaiah Government to accord minority status to lingayats which is always seen as the vote bank of the saffron party.
Meanwhile lingayat strongman Yeddyurappa will be filing his nomination papers from his home town Shikaripura in Shivamogga district on April 19 accompanied by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Union Minister H N Ananth Kumar.