Bengaluru, Aug. 31 -- The BJP's decision to proceed with its 10-day padayatra from Raichur's Lingasugur to Ballari despite B Nagendra's resignation signals a larger political strategy than merely pursuing the Valmiki Corporation case - the party is seeking to turn the controversy into a broader mobilisation around SC/ST grievances in Kalyana Karnataka.
The padayatra, beginning September 1 and culminating in Ballari on September 10, was originally conceived as a campaign demanding Nagendra's resignation. With that demand now met, the BJP has expanded its agenda to include alleged diversion of funds meant for Scheduled Tribes, SC/ST issues, pending welfare payments, development concerns and what it describes as failures of the Congress gover...