As part of the preparation for the forthcoming Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party State unit plans to launch a door-to-door campaign to apprise voters on the achievements of Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre and on the failures of the Congress government in the State, its president B.S. Yeddyurappa said.
He told presspersons here on Monday that party activists would visit each voter as part of the campaign to be held in July and August. Mr. Yeddyurappa said he would take part in the campaign in all 224 Assembly segments in the State.
BJP activists have been told to apprise the people on the various welfare schemes launched for cross sections of society by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana under which finance would be provided for small business units, and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a crop insurance scheme. Mr. Yeddyurappa alleged that the Congress in the State had failed to handle drought owing to which the farmers are disappointed.
Commenting on the controversy over the Iftar event organised by Viswesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt, he said that the objections raised by Pramod Muthalik of Sri Rama Sene over the event were uncalled for and added that the seer had hosted the Iftar event to promote social harmony.
Later in the day, Mr. Yeddyurappa handed over documents of LPG connections offered under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to beneficiaries at a programme at Kuvempu Rangamandir. K.S. Eshwarappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, and M.B. Bhanuprakash, MLC, were present.
