Congress leaders put up a show of unity as party launches Janadhwani Yatra

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KEY STORY

  • The Karnataka Congress on Wednesday launched its Janadhwani campaign that aims to cover 100 Assembly constituencies by the end of this year. In a show of unity, leaders  – right from KPCC president D K Shivakumar, CLP chief Siddaramaiah to Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge – came together to launch the campaign.
  • The campaign will see Congress leaders leading rallies, padayatras, public gatherings in various constituencies.
  • Janadhwani is being seen as the party’s first macro-outreach programme before the next Assembly polls. In constituencies within Bengaluru, however, the party’s focus is set to be the BBMP polls.
  • Despite being a divided house with many factions and internal squabble, leaders of the Congress jointly launched the campaign from party headquarters.

CONCLUSION

  • The first stop of the rally  was Devanahalli following which it proceeded towards Chikkaballapur. “The point of Janadhwani is to become the voice of the people.
  • We will highlight the BJP’s failures at the State and Centre and assure people that we are with them,” Shivakumar said at Devanahalli.Meanwhile, social distancing went for a toss during the rally. Barely a handful of m leaders like Siddaramaiah were seen wearing masks.

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