Nadda on 2-day K’taka visit from today

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The BJP chief will attend multiple events and meetings in Karnataka and will also meet Karyakartas to motivate them ahead of the state elections

New Delhi (ANI):

Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Jagat Prakash Nadda will visit the pollbound state on Friday and Saturday, said sources on Thursday.

The BJP National President will attend multiple events and meetings in Karnataka, added the sources. “Nadda will hold a rath yatra and address rally on March 17 in Chitra- durga district. Next day, he will again hold a rath yatra and address a public rally in Tumkur, Karnataka.”

Nadda will also meet Karyakartas to motivate them ahead of the state elections.

Senior BJP leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had visited Karnataka in February. Karnataka is slated to go for Assembly elections this year.

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