India, Aug. 30 -- The BJP will go ahead with its scheduled 10-day foot march from Raichur to Ballari beginning September 1, former minister B Sriramulu said on Saturday.

The saffron party decided to continue with its plan despite Planning and Statistics Minister B Nagendra resigned on Friday over allegations of Rs 89 crore scam in the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation in 2024.

The padayatra will begin at Lingasugur on September 1 and conclude in Ballari on September 10, covering nine Assembly constituencies, Sriramulu said.

The march was earlier announced as a campaign demanding Ballari Rural MLA Nagendra's resignation.

"The speciality of the Government today is that it has accepted a resignation for the second...