Mangalore : District BJP President Padmanabha Kottary  has said that in preparation of the assembly polls, the BJP will be holding a meeting at the Central Maidan here on March 29 at 4 pm.,

He said leaders including Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and State BJP Chief Prahlad Joshi will attend the meeting.

Speaking to reporters, Kottary said the BJP was confident of emerging victorious in the assembly elections and added the meet at Central Maidan has been organised to guide the booth level party workers.

The process of selection of candidates is underway, he informed. On the scam involving Union Minister Veerappa Moily,he said it was a tragedy that Moily was caught in the scam the very next day he took a oath against corruption in Mangalore.

He said the major achievement of the BJP government was to grant rights of Kumki land to farmers.

BJP office bearer Prathap Simha Nayak, Devdas Shetty, Sanjeev Matandoor, Franklin Montero and Raj Gopal Rai were present at the press meet.