Bantwal: A 9 km walk from Polali Rajarajeshwari temple to Badaga Bellur Feeds by BJP members under the leadership of convener Devadas Shetty and guided by DK chief of BJP, Pratap Singh Nayak and Rajesh Nayak, was conducted on Tuesday Jan.14.

At a public meeting after the March MP of Mangalore Nalin Kumar Katil address the gathering and pointed to the failure of administration under the congress rule in recent months and blamed the congress leaders of forgetting the splendid achievements of leaders like Vallabhbhai Patel, while worshiping the idols of Sonia-Rahul Gandhi as leaders.

A giant statue of Vallabhbhai Patel in steel, 182 ft toll will be raised near the banks of Narmada River, for which the March is an indication of reaching the people to put up the statue.

Pratapsimha Nayak in his presidential speech condemned the futility of the congress rule to carry out developmental project on hand and this is shown by the BJP March towards people, indicating whom they should elect in the coming general elections.

Capt Ganesh Karnik, Kotal Srinivas Poojary, former MLA Yogish Bhat, Padmanabha Kottari, BJP state vice president Sulochana Bhat, Kshetra BJP committee president G Ananda, Chief secretary Ramadasa, Devappa Poojary, Tungappa Bangera, Yuva Morcha secretary Vikas Puttur, APMC president Nemiraja Rai, Dinesh Bhandary, Jagadish Adhikari, zilla panchayat member Nalini, taluk panchayat vice-president Ananda Shamboor and others were present in the march and at the meeting.