THE BJP in Karnataka launched its campaign for the May 5 elections to the Assembly with a massive Vijay Sankalp rally here on Monday but seemed to put more focus on setting the ground for the 2014 parliamentary elections rather than winning the state polls. With senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh,Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj unable to attend the rally after their aircraft from New Delhi reportedly developed a snag,it was left to BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar,Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and other leaders to sound the clarion call for votes. There is a political environment in the country that is in favour of the BJP. Karnatakas voters must join this wave that is in favour of the BJP. In the past the BJP gave you the Vajpayee model of development,soon the country will have the Narendra Modi model of development, Ananth Kumar told the unenthusiastic gathering collected by the BJP from around the state. The price of rice today is Rs 50 per kg. The prices of all commodities are going up. The price of petrol and diesel has shot up. The Congress has given birth to this price rise and corruption, the BJP general secretary said. Putting aside speculation on whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would campaign for the BJP in the Karnataka polls,Ananth Kumar said Modi would come on a whirlwind tour. MP ahead of Gujarat,says Uma Bharti Bhopal:Newly appointed BJP vice-president Uma Bharti on Monday said Madhya Pradesh was ahead of Gujarat. Praising MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan,she said: Under Chouhans leadership,Madhya Pradesh is even ahead of Gujarat,because the states which have no ports have lot of difficulties in achieving development,compared to those which have ports and which are on countrys border. ENS Modi arrives in Kolkata Kolkata:Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi arrived here Monday evening to attend certain programmes on Tuesday. Modi is scheduled to attend a programme organised by a chamber of commerce in the morning and a political programme in the evening,organised by the state unit of the BJP. PTI
