Overview

• Padayatra halted at Khanapur on August 4 as leaders rushed to New Delhi for a Jantar Mantar dharna demanding 42 percent backward class reservations.
• No formal schedule had been issued until Goud’s August 9 announcement that the march will resume following August 23.
• Goud dismissed reports of a rift with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and affirmed their united front on implementing the BC quota legislation.
• The campaign is designed to collect grassroots feedback and maintain pressure on the Centre to grant presidential assent to the 42 percent reservations bill.
• Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka are slated to join the resumed padayatra after August 23.