Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (AF)
Udupi, May 1: As election battle heats up, political parties and their candidates are doing their utmost to please the voters. The 'Vikas Ratha' of BJP candidate K Raghupati Bhat was flagged-off at the BJP's district office here on Wednesday April 30 following a small ceremony.
The vehicle was flagged-off by senior BJP leader Somashekar Bhat.
The Vikas Yatra is unique in its own way in that it is made of cut-outs of two horses pulling a chariot. The vehicle itself is in the form of a lotus symbolizing BJP. It has been fitted with a projector which would show a 25-minute documentary about development works undertaken by BJP and particularly by Raghupati Bhat.
The Ratha will also serve as a dais for the party to hold meetings at street corners. Raghupati Bhat clarified that the Ratha was flagged-off with the permission of the election officials.