BJP intensifies campaign for Advani Rath Yatra

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October 29, 2011

Mangalore, October 29: The Janachethana Yathra of former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani will reach Mangalore on October 31 and the public meeting will be held at Central Maidan at 11 am.

Addressing a press meet here on Friday, Dakshina Kannada district BJP unit President Padmanabha Kottari said the yathra aims at cleansing the political system with clean and transparent administration.

The BJP workers from every booth level will take part in the public meeting. About 50,000 workers are expected to be part of the meeting. Various committees have been constituted to look into the preparations for the yathra in the district, he added.

Kottari said the district BJP will also hold Janachethana padayathra from Belthangady to Mangalore covering 60 km as part of the Janachethana Yathra. The padayathra will commence after offering pooja at Kuthyaru Sri Somanatheshwara Temple on October 30 at 6.30 am. Senior advocate Nemiraj Shetty, District-in-Charge Minister Krishna Palemar, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel will take part in the flagging off of the padayathra. More than 1,000 party workers are expected to take part in the yathra.

There will be public awareness meeting at Guruvayanakere, Madanthyar, Poonjalkatte, B C Road and Farangipete. The Padayathra will reach Mangalore at 10 pm. The padayathra aims at urging the government to probe into the scams of the UPA government and to bring back black money stashed abroad. It also aims at instilling values in politics.”

Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Jagadish Shettar, Higher Education Minister Dr V S Acharya, Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje, BJP State President K S Eshwarappa will take part in the meeting.

The BJP spokesperson Monappa Bhandary said rathyathra in Mangalore Assembly constituency will be held on Saturday and Sunday as part of Janachetharana Yathra. The BJP workers will take out padayathra from Ladyhill, Mangaladevi and Jyothi Circle to the venue on October 31. From Mangalore, Advani will travel to Udupi and then later to Murdeshwar, Karwar and Goa.

As part of Advani's yathra, the BJP Yuva Morcha will carry out two-wheeler rally from Mangala Stadium to the Central Maidan on October 31 at 9 am. The rally will pass through Lalbagh-PVS Circle-Navbharath Circle-K S Rao Road before reaching the Central Maidan.

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The Deputy Commissioner told the media here that fishing will be permitted but social distancing has to be practised and only 30 boats will be permitted in a day.

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"We are going to open temples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31, he said while speaking to media in Bengaluru.

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Udupi, Jan 17: Six fishermen were rescued by members of another fishing boat after their boat capsized off Gangolli coast in the District recently.

Police on Friday said that the fishing boat, belonging to Jayalakshmi of Kodi Kanyana, had set sail from Malpe towards Gangolli on the night of January 12. On Wednesday (Jan 15) the vessel’s hull got damaged and water began gushing in.

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