Padayatras

Telugu Desam Party Chief N Chandrababu Naidu likely to embark on another mass-contact programme

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 28, 2013

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu, who completed a record 3,000-km 'padayatra', is likely to undertake another mass-contact programme soon.

Blog: How student protests against Sri Lanka grew

KS Nagarajan | Thursday March 21, 2013

MDMK Chief Vaiko has just finished his fortnight-long 450-km padayatra demanding that the Tamil Nadu Government close all liquor shops. PMK Supremo Ramadoss has long been vocal against TASMAC (state owned corporation that has a monopoly over selling ...

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu resumes padayatra

Press Trust of India | Friday February 1, 2013

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu resumed his padayatra today despite knee pain and a blood sugar problem.

In poll mode, Karnataka Congress goes on padayatras

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 7, 2013

The Congress, hoping to recapture power in Karnataka after nearly six years, on Monday launched issue-based 'padayatras' (marches) and people's contact programmes that would continue for three months.

Chandrababu Naidu resumes state-wide padyatra

Press Trust of India | Monday November 5, 2012

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu resumed his state-wide 'padayatra' on Sunday in Mahabubnagar district after a two-day break due to the death of senior party leader K Yerran Naidu.

YSR's diary written during padayatra in book format now

Press Trust of India | Thursday September 6, 2012

Debate on who inherits the real legacy of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is perpetual in Andhra Pradesh polity but it seems Congress would just not willingly cede the space to the leader's rebellious son and family.

Former Karnataka minister Sreeramulu launches "padayatra"

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 24, 2012

Former Karnataka minister and founder of BSR Party, B Sreeramulu began his 921-km padayatra on Tuesday from Basavakalyan to Bangalore to have a first hand feel of the hardship faced by people due to drought conditions.

Naidu begins 'padayatra' amidst protests

Press Trust of India | Friday January 6, 2012

Braving violent protests by Telangana separatists, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu today began his 'Rythu Poru Baata' (struggle or farmers) in Lakshmakkapalli in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.

Pilgrims tackle plastic pile-up at Sabarimala

Express News Service | Monday December 19, 2011

Almost all the pilgrims who go through the annual rituals of travelling to Sabarimala may have been stalled by the dam row this year. But for two city-based Ayyappa devotees, the plastic pile-up on Sabarimala is a more pressing issue. They have embar...

Mamata kicks off Trinamool campaign with massive padayatra

Press Trust of India | Monday March 28, 2011

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday, launched her party's campaign for the Assembly poll by marching in the city's southern outskirts as part of her three-day padayatra.Thousands of people lined up the streets to catch a glimpse of the leader who was accompanied by party supporters h...

Jagan's fast divides Congress again in public

Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 23, 2011

Congress MLAs and MLCs loyal to former party MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today undertook a 'padayatra' from Indira Park in Hyderabad in support of the fast being held by him for the last six days on the tuition fees reimbursement issue."We have undertaken the 'padayatra' in protest against the Andhra Pr...

BJP to hold 'damage control' rally in Bellary

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday August 14, 2010

The Congress' 'Bellary chalo' padayatra seems to have given the BJP government,? in both? state and center, some food for thought. Now, to set the scores even,? BJP has taken the padayatra route.The big-wigs of the party, from L K Advani to Sushma Swaraj, all are to make glaring publi...

Karnataka Congress completes its historic padayatra on Monday

Press Trust of India | Sunday August 8, 2010

The 320-km 'padyatra' by Congress in Karnataka, perceived as a major comeback vehicle for the party after its string of electoral defeats since 2004, is all set to enter Bellary, its destination point, on Monday, marking the culmination of a 16-day long walk and a 'symbolic victory' for the party wh...

Bellary: Congress in mining brothers' turf, sparks set to fly?

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday August 7, 2010

The Congress padayatra against illegal mining in Karnataka is winding its way to Bellary. The padayatra that started in Bangalore on July 25, is scheduled to reach Bellary on Monday. The curtains would be pulled after a big rally.But isn't Bellary the bastion of the mining brothers? Keeping in mind ...