Amit Shah Launches BJP's Karnataka Poll Campaign, Focus On This Region
NDTV
The ruling party got its maiden victory in the region only in 2019, when a JD(S) leader switched sides to join them.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a key meeting with booth level workers in Karnataka today to discuss the required grassroots level preparations ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections in the state, to be held in May. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and other party leaders like state Revenue Minister R Ashok, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, and BJP National Secretary CT Ravi, were in attendance.
BJP is making consistent efforts to make inroads into the Old Mysuru region, which is a traditional stronghold of the Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress. The ruling party got its maiden victory in the region only in 2019, when a JD(S) leader switched sides to join them.
On Friday, sharing the stage with former Prime Minster and JD(S) chief HD Devegowda, Amit Shah inaugurated the Mega Dairy plant in Maddur Taluk of Mandya district, part of the Old Mysuru region, that has the capacity to process nearly 14 lakh litres of milk.
In addition to the party's usual Hindtuva and development pitch, Amit Shah also hit out at the Congress, saying Siddaramaiah, who served as the Chief Minister of the state from 2013 to 2018, withdrew cases against the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India. It was only after BJP came in power in the state that PFI was banned, and its leaders arrested, he said.
