With Assembly elections in Karnataka approaching, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planned a mega rally for 20 days starting from March 1. Earlier in January, BJP held a sankalp yatra for eight days at the booth level from January 21 to 29.


BJP will take out four yatras in Karnataka from March 1.


BJP's Vijay Sankalp Yatra In January


The BJP national president JP Nadda will flag off the campaign from Vijayapura in north Karnataka on January 21, said a PTI report. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, BJP State president Nalin Kumar Kateel, former chief minister BS Yediyurappa and local MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal have attended the event.


During the campaign, the party carried out a door-to-door campaign informing people about the welfare initiatives of the BJP government in the State and Centre. "The drive was carried out in 58,000 booths at a time. Ministers, MLAs and party functionaries will take part in the drive," he added as quoted by news agency PTI.


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According to PTI, more than 40.5 lakh people have become members of the Bharatiya Janata Party ever since it launched the 'Vijaya Sankalpa' drive in poll-bound Karnataka, state Minister CN Ashwath Narayan said on Tuesday. Launched by BJP national president J P Nadda on January 21, the campaign went on till February 5 and covered almost all the districts and registered its presence in most of the booths of the state, BJP sources said.


"We have enrolled 40.5 lakh new members as part of the Vijaya Sankalp campaign. Of the 58,186 booths, we reached 39,572 and our party workers could reach 22.55 lakh houses during door-to-door outreach programme," Narayan, who holds the Higher Education and IT/BT portfolio told reporters.


The minister said the party is confident of winning at least 150 seats following the huge response it got during the campaign. The party achieved 100 per cent coverage during the door-to-door campaign in Mangaluru-Udupi, Shivamogga, Kodagu and Mysuru, Narayan said.


According to him, the party has set a target to reach out to at least two crore households and enroll one crore members.


(With PTI inputs)