What Is 'Karyakarta Mahakumbh' Held In Bhopal By BJP Today?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a mega congregation of BJP workers in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on Monday.

The 'Karyakarta Mahakumbh' is being organised on the birth anniversary of Jana Sangh co-founder Deendayal Upadhyaya to mark the formal culmination of the BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatras' that crisscrossed the length and breadth of the state.

This will be the third visit of the Prime Minister To Madhya Pradesh in the past 45 days where the ruling party is locked in a close contest with Congress. The BJP has set an ambitious target of gathering 10 lakh people for the Monday event being projected as a show of strength by the saffron party, sources told PTI.

The BJP had rolled out five yatras to reach out to the masses early this month, with party president JP Nadda flagging off the first Yatra from Chitrakoot in Satna on September 3.

These yatras have covered 223 out of the total 230 assembly segments in MP.

"The formal culmination of these yatras would mark the mega workers' meet in Bhopal on September 25," party leaders said.

In the run-up to the MP assembly polls, the BJP has come up with the slogan "abki bar 150 par" (victory in more than 150 seats).
Ahead of the mega meet of BJP workers on Monday, Bhopal is dotted with large cut-outs of Modi. Posters of senior BJP leaders have also been put up at various spots.

As the battle to set up narratives for the upcoming elections is growing intense, the Congress has also launched 'Jan Akrosh Yatra' to target the "failures" of the BJP government.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted Congress in his speech, saying "Congress turned the state into 'Bimaru Rajya'... BJP has tried to take the state to a new level with new energy... Youths here have seen the development work and good governance of the BPJ government..."