MANGALURU: Even when the Congress government in Karnataka was planning to ban Bajrang Dal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is gearing up to increase the number of its saffron youth wing branches from 2,000 to 5,000 in the state.
VHP Karnataka Dakshina Prantha unit joint secretary Sharan Pumpwell told media, on Thursday, that a "Shourya Jagaran Rath Yatra" will be organised to form new units of Bajrang Dal in all districts and thereby unite youths across the state. The rath yatra, to be flagged off at Chitradurga on September 25, will traverse through Davanagere, Shivamogga, Chikkaballapur, Doddaballapur, Mandya, Mysuru, Kodagu, Sullia, Puttur, Mangaluru and it will conclude with a mass Hindu Samajotsava in Udupi on October 10. A public meeting will be held at Kadri Maidan in Mangaluru on October 9. Orator Chakravarti Sulibele is likely to deliver the talk," he said.
