Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 15: On his arrival to the city by a special aircraft at 8.30 pm on Wednesday November 14 with a delay of nearly three hours, BJP national president, Amit Shah, directly moved to Sangh Niketan at Mannagudda here and participated in the session of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that was going on there.
The participation of Shah in the RSS session gains significance in view of the fact that Lok Sabha election is fast approaching. BJP national level leaders were with Shah. He was given guidance on political matters by RSS leaders. He also was told about the issues on which the election should be fought and what political techniques should the BJP own, sources said.
About 300 RSS cadres from various parts of south India participated in this session. The session is off limits for unconnected persons. Today happens to be the last day of the RSS session. RSS general secretary, Suresh Joshi (Bhayyaji) is among the leaders who are taking part in the programme. After taking part in the Baithak, Shah retired for the night in a private hotel here. Shah also held discussions with state leaders about strengthening of the party in Karnataka. He is scheduled to leave for Bengaluru by special aircraft on Thursday morning.
In an important meeting held under the leadership of BJP national joint organizing secretary, B L Sathosh, on Wednesday in a hotel in the city, BJP has decided to use Sabarimala dispute as a plank to gain prominence in four states of south India. The meeting held secretly at the hotel, was attended by general secretaries and organizing secretaries of the party from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. No one from Telangana was present as assembly election has been declared there. From Karnataka, BJP general secretary, C T Ravi, and Dakshina Kannada MP, Nalin Kumar Kateel, participated.
The Sabarimala issue will be used in three ways. The first one is putting organizational fight in place of the one which is spearheaded by various organizations and parties without any unity. Second one is fighting through legal means. Currently, a number of review petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court. BJP plans to carry on a combined fight in the court. Third strategy is to create awareness among the people that each religious centre is government by its own set of beliefs, procedures and traditions, which have been violated by the Supreme Court judgment.
The meeting also decided to wait till the outcome of a meeting of all parties and organizations convened by Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday to discuss the issue is made known, before deciding on the stages through which these struggles are to be launched.