Congress launches padayatra seeking early implementation of Mekedatu project
The Hindu
Nearly 170-km padayatra — ‘Our water our rights’ — will pass through 15 Assembly constituencies before culminating in Basavangudi on January 19.
Amidst threat of COVID-19 and disruption by the State Government owing to weekend curfew rules, the Congress successfully managed to launch it’s 11-day padayatra seeking early implementation of Mekedatu drinking water project on January 9 morning. Soon after the launch, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai slammed the event and termed it as a political gimmick.
Despite uncertainty over participation of people and leaders, the padayatra started from Sangam in Kanakapura taluk of Ramanagara district, about 100 km from Bengaluru, with thousands of Congress workers and hundreds of leaders, including KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, and veteran leader and leader of the party in Rajya Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge taking part. Former KPCC chiefs Allam Veerabhadrappa, G. Parameshwar and R.V. Deshpande were present along with the three current working presidents, legislators and a host of leaders.
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