The Congress padayatra seeking early implementation of Mekedatu drinking water project across the Cauvery, on Monday rolled into the Bengaluru city’s outskirts with several religious leaders showing solidarity by participating in the ‘Namma Neeru Namma Hakku’ campaign even as an FIR was filed against party leaders for violating government guidelines banning rallies.
The padayatra that traversed through the Vokkaliga populated region where the Cauvery is an emotive issue till now will enter the Assembly constituencies in the city where the Congress is expected to raise the issue of inadequate supply of Cauvery water in Bengaluru and the importance of the project for the bustling city population.
Being seen as a political strategy to drum up support for the party in the Cauvery basin districts ahead of elections to the Legislative Assembly, the padayatra will go through 15 Assembly constituencies with participation from a big number of party workers and leaders from the Vokkaliga heartland before culminating in Basavanagudi on March 3.
