Advani’s sixth yatra to enter Mangalore on Oct 31: CT Ravi

Advani’s sixth yatra to enter Mangalore on Oct 31: CT Ravi

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Oct 24, 2011: Providing updates on Advani’s Jana Chethna Yatra, C. T. Ravi, the MLA of Chikamagalur, said that this is Advani’s 6th yatra and that it will arrive at Mangalore on Oct 31, Monday.

Speaking about Advani’s previous yatras, he said that the first yatra was the Ram Ratha Yatra of 1990, the second was the Jana Deshi Yatra of 1993, the third was the Swarna Jayanthi Ratha Yatra in 1997, the fourth was the Bharath Uday Yatra in 2004, the fifth was the Bharath Suraksha Yatra in 2006, and the sixth is the current Jana Chethana Yatra, which commenced on September 11 on the occasion of Jayaprakash Narayan’s birthday at Sithabdi of Bihar, his birthplace.

 

Revealing details about the Jana Chethana Yatra, he said that it will cover 6 states and will travel a total of 10,000kms. It is scheduled to arrive into Karnataka on Oct 30. The purpose of this yatra is to call for good administration and clean politics and to demand the bringing back of black money from Swiss Bank. The yatra also aims to raise public awareness regarding corruption.

Advani will reach Mangalore on Oct 31 Monday and will attend a stage programme at Central Maidan at 10:00 a.m. Mr. C. T. Ravi said that Bantwal and Belthangady will be divided into 30 divisions, adding that 1000 BJP workers will arrive into Mangalore in a padayatra and will participate in the public gathering. The yatra will proceed to Udupi, Goa, and Karwar from Mangalore.

Regarding the allegations against Home Minister R. Ashok, he said that the investigation is going on and that the home minister has not yet been proved guilty. The state government has received resignation from former CM B. S. Yeddyurappa after he was proved guilty, but Congress ministers such as Shiela Dixit, the CM of Delhi, Raj Kumar, and Home Minister Chidambaram have not yet resigned although they have been proved to be involved in several scams. The BJP will never protect any member involved in scams, he added.

Monappa Bhandary, the district president of the BJP; Nithin Kumar, the president of the KFDC; and Bharath Shetty of Yuva Morcha were present for the press conference.