BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off two Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatras in poll-bound Karnataka today.

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls, the BJP has planned four such Yatras in the state. The first was inaugurated by BJP national president J P Nadda at Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Chamarajanagar district on Wednesday, and the second by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Nandgad in Belagavi district on Thursday.

According to the state BJP, Shah will on Friday fly from Bengaluru to Basavakalyan in Bidar district, where the third yatra will be launched at noon. He will then attend a political rally there
He will visit the Chennakeshava Temple located at Avathi, near Devanahalli. He will then flag off the fourth yatra and address a rally at Devanahalli.

The traffic police of Bengaluru announced traffic snarls at few areas in the city and requested commuters to avoid the routes.
According to Bengaluru traffic police, the following routes will be affected from 3pm to 9pm.

Devanahalli Highway, Ballary Road, Hebbala Jn, Mekhri Circle, Cauvery Theatre Jn, Ramana Maharshi Road, Rajbhavan Road, Infantry Road, Cubbon Road, Nrupathunga Road, Queens Road, Ambedkar Veedi Road, KR Circle, Police corner, Hudson Circle, NR Jn, Town Hall Jn, Gopala Gowda Jn, Police Thimmaih, Trinity Jn, Old Airport Road, ASC Centre, ISRO Jn and SD Road. On Tuesday, Amit Shah was in Karnataka’s Hubballi and said that the Vijaya Sankalpa Ratha Yatra will take the double engine government closer to the people.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai will participate in the inaugural event of ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Ratha Yatra’ on Friday along with Amit Shah. He said, “Rath Yatra will start from March 1 to 4 and it will culminate in Davangere after covering all the 224 Assembly constituencies. A lot of people will participate in the rath yatra. The visit of PM Modi, Amit Shah, and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to Karnataka will get big publicity, and thereafter other leaders will also come,”