Bengaluru:(DHNS) The BJP has decided to organise padayatra in Coastal and Malnad regions 'Karnataka Suraksha Yatra' from March 3 to 6, ahed of the upcoming Assembly elections.

The party leaders will take out padayatra from two places -- Kushalnagar in Kodagu district and Ankola in Uttara Kannada district. Both the yatras will culminate in a rally at Suratkal in Dakshina Kannada on March 6, which will be addressed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, party MP and state general secretary Shobha Karandlaje told reporters here on Wednesday.

She said there is an atmosphere of fear in the region following the recent communal tension. The yatra is aimed at instilling a sense of peace and security among both the Hindu and the Muslim communities. The yatra would not hurt the sentiments of any particular community, neither would it provoke communalism, she added.

While Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda is scheduled to inaugurate the yatra from Kushalnagar, his ministerial colleague Anantkumar Hegde is scheduled to flag off the other yatra from Ankola on the same day, she added.

The idea is to take out a padayatra in cities and bike rallies in other parts. Both the teams will traverse through Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts before converging at Surathkal on March 6.

Before the padayatra, BJP national president Amit Shah will tour the coastal districts from February 20.

Modi's events

Shobha said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would arrive in Mysuru on the night of February 18 and head to Shravanabelagola to participate in the Mahamastakabhisheka celebrations on February 19. The prime minister is scheduled to inaugurate various projects in Mysuru later in the day, she added.