The Hindu

Udupi, Apr 22: Medical Education Minister V.S. Acharya said on Saturday that the "Vikas Yatra" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit would culminate at the Mahatma Gandhi District Stadium here on April 24.

Dr Acharya told presspersons here that the yatra received an enthusiastic response in all districts that it passed through. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani would participate in the valedictory of the "Vikas Yatra". Nearly 25,000 party workers from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts would be participating in the valedictory function. BJP State unit president D V Sadananda Gowda and Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa would be accompanying the yatra.

The "Vikas Yatra" would enter Udupi district at Byndoor on April 24 at around 1.30 p.m., where it would be welcomed. It would pass through Kundapur and Brahmavar. The valedictory of the yatra would be held at 4.30 p.m. at the Mahatma Gandhi District Stadium on the same day.

The Karnataka Development Front Government had presented two budgets since it came into existence. Both the budgets had many good schemes for the welfare of the people such as the Suvarna Gramodaya Yojane and distribution of bicycles to students belonging to weaker sections. There were no irregularities in the distribution of bicycles as alleged by some Congress leaders. If the Congress provided any proof of irregularity, a probe would be launched into it, Mr. Acharya said.

MLA Raghupati Bhat said the distribution of title deeds to the fishermen at Malpe was an achievement of the BJP and not the Congress as claimed by the latter.

BJP district unit president Kota Srinivas Poojary, BJP leaders Katapady Shankar Poojary, Gujjady Prabhakar Nayak, and Baikady Suprasad Shetty were present.