Bangalore: From February 27 to March 3, the Congress is expected to launch the second phase of the padayatra on Mekedatu.
In order to consolidate Vokkaliga community votes in southern Karnataka districts before the election, the party wants to tarnish the ruling party's image by pointing out that the BJP is unable to implement the project despite having a double engine government at both the state and the federal level.
When the Mekedatu padayatra was launched during the top of Covid's third wave, it created a movement for the Congress. Despite the danger of Omicron, thousands of people took part in the protest march, which was a huge success. The leaders, however, agreed to postpone it after the court intervened.
The Congress party has organised a Mekedatu padayatra to demand that the ruling BJP government start the drinking water project in Mekedatu right away. The balancing reservoir is designed to provide drinking water to Bengaluru and the adjoining areas from the Cauvery River.
D.K. Shivakumar, State Congress President and a Vokkaliga, received a thunderous welcome in all villages, according to party sources, polarising the Vokkaliga vote bank towards Congress.
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