New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is planning a sequel to his just concluded Jana Samparka Abhiyan.
He's decided to invite all of 27 Dalit couples he visited for breakfast during his pre-election campaign to Bengaluru.
The state BJP president will throw a lunch for these families at his Dollar Road residence in the last week of July.
"Political leaders, like Rahul Gandhi, visit Dalit homes for food which is mere symbolism. I was so touched and moved in my interaction with these families that I decided to call them to my house for a meal," says the BJP leader.
BSY had embarked on a statewide campaign to mobilise cadre for the Assembly elections slated for April next year.
The party under Yeddyurappa's leadership in the state has been putting in extra effort to wean away a section of Congress's traditional Dalit vote bank.
In the process, BSY, during the course of his Yatra, made it a point to have breakfast at Dalit homes.
The going has not always been smooth. On one occasion, TV cameras recorded party workers procuring food from restaurants for BSY's breakfast at a Dalit home.
The ruling Congress milked the controversy to question BJP leader's commitment to social justice.
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