DAVANAGERE: The national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ), J P Nadda, on Friday visited the Bellodi Kanaka Guru Peetha and took Niranjanananda Puri Swami’s blessings in Karnataka. He also visited the Valmiki Mutt in Davanagere and the Panchamasali Mutt in Harihar.
The party president reached the state on Thursday and is on a two-day visit in the poll-bound state. Nadda on Thursday visited various places and attended several events planned for him in Tumakuru and Chitradurga districts. His visit also included darshan at Sri Siddaganga Mutt, Sri Madhara Chennaiah Mutt and Taralabalu Mutt.
His planned events also included garlanding statues of Veera Madhakari Nayaka, Onake Obbavva and Dr B R Ambedkar and a Shakti Kendra Pramukh meeting at Vinayaka Kalyana Mantapa in Tumakur district.
Earlier, Home Minister Amit Shah stressed that the BJP needs to strengthen its organisation in the southern part of the country and said that Karnataka is the “gateway” to the South for the party. Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to take place in 2023. (ANI)