(LiveMint)
Challenging the ruling Congress party in its stronghold, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to organize around 15 public meetings to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the campaign for the Karnataka elections in May. Senior BJP leaders believe that Modi’s popularity worked in favour of the party in the 2014 assembly polls when BJP won 17 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state and hope for a similar response in the 12 May Karnataka elections.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the biggest mascot of the party, people want to listen to him and we only have to organize public meetings. The dates and venues of the public meetings are being finalized. The total number of public meetings could be around 15 but it can be increased up to 20 depending on the requirement of the party,” said a senior BJP leader who is involved in the campaign strategy.
