Karnataka polls: BJP taking country on path of progress, says Yogi Adityanath

Raising the pitch for the BJPs election campaign in south Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday held massive roadshows at Puttur and Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district and Karkala in UdupiAdityanath who first arrived in Puttur where party candidate Asha Thimmappa Gowda is pitted against Ashok Kumar Rai of Congress and a BJP rebel Arun Kumar Puthila said the BJP is taking the country on path of progressAddressing the gathering from the campaign vehicle after the end of his roadshow Adityanatha said the Congress has always been trying to put hurdles on the path of progressThough the Congress tried to prevent the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya the BJP successfully fought the issue in court and the temple will turn into a reality in the near future he saidThe Congress is now after Bajrang Dal as the party is against patriotic people and try out to demoralise those who uphold nationalist policies he saidAdityanath said the people of Karnataka should vote for a Team India to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi He said the BJP has fielded the best candidate in Puttur and asked voters to support Asha Thimmappa GowdaAdityanath later campaigned for State Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar at Karkala in Udupi where also the BJP is facing an unlikely rebel in the form of Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik Congress has fielded Muniyalu Uday Shetty a confidante of former Chief Minister Veerappa Moily in the seatAlso Read BJP got perturbed by Bharat Jodo Yatra Sonia Gandhi in KarnatakaThe Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister held a grand roadshow in Karkala and spoke to the gathering in a few words exhorting them to vote for a double engine government for sustained progressAt the final roadshow of the day at B C Road in Bantwal where BJPs young leader and incumbent MLA Rajesh Naik is facing former Minister B Ramanath Rai of Congress Adityanath was given a rousing welcome by enthusiastic party workersAddressing the huge gathering Adityanath called upon the people of Karnataka to stop the Congress from coming to power as the party has declared intention to ban patriotic organisations like the Bajrang Dal Congress is always blocking the path to progress initiated by the BJP government under Narendra Modi he saidIn a passionate speech he also invited the people of Karnataka to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh when the Ram temple will be inaugurated in January next year to the loud cheers from the publicIn all the three meetings BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and leaders including candidates in the respective segments accompanied AdityanathThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever