Mekedatu padayatra: Mega valedictory function at National College Ground today

NT Correspondent

The Mekedatu padayatra will conclude with a mega valedictory event at National College Grounds in Bengaluru on Thursday with Youth Congress presidents from 12 states and party leaders from across the country expected to participate.

Disclosing this at a news conference here on Wednesday, KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar said on Thursday that the padayatra would begin at 9 am from Mekhri Circle and then proceed to National College Ground. The yatra is open to all castes, communities and parties and not restricted to Congress workers. Citizens who do not want to support the BJP or Janata Dal (Secular) are also free to participate, he said.

The concluding day’s padayatra would be led by Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council B.K. Hariprasad, KPCC Working Presidents R. Ramalinga Reddy and Salim Ahmed, National Youth Congress President B.V. Srinivas and MLAs of Bengaluru. “I invite all party workers to see the padayatra and experience it. Participation in this agitation will be an enlightening experience for them on how to conduct struggles in political life,’’ he added.On Wednesday, the padayatra started from BTM Layout and passed through main thoroughfares in different Assembly constituencies including Malleswaram. Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah and KPCC President D.K.Shivakumar led the padayatra.